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One of the impressive things about biochemistry and cell biology is how it can produce physical correlates to things that we know and... Read More
In 1944, a conscientious citizen told the National Museum of Denmark that he had found something at an airfield in Værløse.At... Read More
Dark matter supposedly makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but so far, efforts to catch hypothesized dark matter particles have all... Read More
Comedy is an excellent tool for pointing out the absurdities of society.Several years ago, Penn & Teller did an episode of Bullsh**! that... Read More
COMIC: Bite marks, shoe prints, crime-scene fibers: Matches to suspects are often far shakier than courtroom experts claim. Better... Read More
Conodonts, abundant in the fossil record, have been extinct since the Triassic (~225 million years ago). They have been found on many... Read More
A Sino-Dutch research team claims to have made an important breakthrough it says improves the financial and environmental viability of coal... Read More
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy... Read More
Pale, shrunken and blind, the Somalian cavefish lives a quiet life in the world's most light-starved waters. With their ghastly pallor and no... Read More
As DNA-testing companies sell millions of kits, they've started to rearrange families. The tests have reunited long-lost cousins and helped... Read More
Back when people thought the Earth was flat, it was almost heretical to suggest that traveling in a straight line for a long enough distance... Read More
Linda Gottfredson, Professor Emerita at the University of Delaware, has been disinvited from giving a keynote talk at the International... Read More
The discovery of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, possibly infected... Read More
Science is poised to take a “quantum leap” as more mysteries of how atoms behave and interact with each other are unlocked.The... Read More
A research team has discovered that abnormal vision in childhood can affect the development of higher-level brain areas responsible for... Read More
Did prehistoric sea creatures called mosasaurs subdue prey by ramming them with their bony snouts like killer whales do today?It's a theory... Read More
Preliminary results from the world's largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 hours per night performed... Read More
“Tonight I would like to share with you an idea that I am extremely passionate about,” the young man said. His long black hair... Read More
Brain surgery is not usually something that people actively seek out. However, there may be an exception: the idea of the removal of the... Read More
"Here's a question for you,” I say to our dinner guests, dodging a knowing glance from my wife. “Imagine a future in which you... Read More
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There's a huge amount of matter in the universe that we can't directly see. But scientists can tell it's there. They call it dark matter.They know it's there because its gravity tugs on the stars and galaxies around it, altering their movement. Dark matter also tugs on light as it passes, bending its path, a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. Read More
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their and their children's DNA.Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time, who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays. Read More
