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A cache of secret letters has been unearthed near the site of an ancient Roman fort in the United Kingdom.The cache of faded wafer-thin... Read More
Chinese researchers have successfully transmitted quantum entangled particles from a station on earth to a satellite orbiting far... Read More
THE pill-sized cameras in today's mobile phones may seem miraculously tiny, given that a decade ago the smallest cameras available for retail... Read More
It's hard to think of dinosaurs as being loving, caring parents, but scientists have found some of them may have been just that. Take the... Read More
The door has closed on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).The successor to Hubble has been locked tight inside a giant chamber where it... Read More
In a new experiment, researchers have created a superdense version of ice found deep within icy moons and colliding comets, and watched it... Read More
Whether caused by a car accident that slams your head into the dashboard or repeated blows to your cranium from high-contact sports,... Read More
Radiocarbon dating has long been used to reveal the age of organic materials — from ancient bones to wooden artefacts. Scientists are... Read More
The cabinets and shelves of the National Wildlife Property Repository, just northeast of Denver, are crammed with stuffed monkeys and ivory... Read More
Two large energy companies, Siemens and AES Corporation, are joining together to start a new company aimed exclusively at building... Read More
Once launched into low-Earth orbit, a small satellite needs propulsion. Electrospray uses spiky, needle-like jets of fluid to push... Read More
From checkout counters at supermarkets to light shows at concerts, lasers are everywhere, and they're a much more efficient light source than... Read More
A new model giving rise to young planetary systems offers a fresh solution to a puzzle that has vexed astronomers ever since new detection... Read More
Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on the eye are essential for immune responses that protect the eye from... Read More
The human brain is nimble. It can reorganize itself to learn new things, catalog memories, and even break old habits. So, what if our brains... Read More
Potential for regenerative medicine and cancer research earns doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation AwardStem cell research holds huge... Read More
Statisticians are mounting a challenge to a much-publicized study suggesting that human lifespan has a limit of approximately 115 years... Read More
Researchers have built a new type of "neuron transistor"—a transistor that behaves like a neuron in a living brain. These devices could... Read More
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The Moon has been around since the earliest days of the Solar System. To human beings, there has never been a time when we couldn't look up... Read More
The New Horizons space probe, which made headlines around the world in 2015 when it beamed back humanity's best-ever views of Pluto, is... Read More
Jupiter is the Solar System's largest planet, with the largest continuously-raging storm ever known. Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) was... Read More
Gray hair can be bane or beauty, depending on who you ask.It's also common among primates, leading one reader to inquire via Twitter, "What... Read More
It's a twist of fate that wouldn't feel out of place in a horror movie: A platoon of caterpillars, young and hungry, descend on a... Read More
The cholera outbreak in Yemen marked a grim milestone Monday, as the International Committee of the Red Cross announced there are now more... Read More
Last month, a bioethics panel made up of experts from about a dozen perspectives—including an ecologist, a geneticist, a lawyer, a... Read More
What if a portable computer system could one day interact directly with the human brain to help restore a person's ability to see or hear? A... Read More
SINCE the dawn of civilisation, people have used yeast to leaven bread, ferment wine and brew beer. In the modern era, such fermentation has... Read More
Stellar nurseries, the birthplace of new stars, are not as cozy and color-coordinated as Pinterest nurseries. Stellar nurseries feature dust... Read More
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No one knows how to talk about climate change right now.I don't have an idea about where to begin, and I write about it professionally. On... Read More
They lived in the ocean and looked like plants but are believed to have been animals. In a world of micro-organisms they grew to become... Read More
While sleeping under the stars in the mountains near Boulder County, Colorado, on Sunday morning, a 19-year-old camp counselor was awoken by... Read More
How do you stop a robot from hurting people? Many existing robots, such as those assembling cars in factories, shut down immediately when a... Read More
Stress pervades our lives. We become anxious when we hear of violence, chaos or discord. And, in our relatively secure world, the pace of... Read More
While America remains obstinate about using Imperial units such as miles, pounds and degrees Fahrenheit, most of the world has agreed that... Read More
The door has closed on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).The successor to Hubble has been locked tight inside a giant chamber where it will undergo a series of tests to simulate conditions off Earth.Engineers must first pump out all the air, and then chill down the telescope to fantastically low temperatures.In about 30 days' time, they should be ready to start the checks that ensure JWST's sp Read More
Radiocarbon dating has long been used to reveal the age of organic materials — from ancient bones to wooden artefacts. Scientists are now using the amassed dates for wider applications, such as spotting patterns in human migration. And a Canadian database is poised to help researchers around the world to organize this trove of archaeological and palaeontological data, and to address problems tha Read More
