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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
We haven't seen a partial eclipse lasting this long since 1440, and won't again until 2669. North America is perfectly positioned for 2021's.
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
Although most of the Universe's mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can't make black holes.
Isn't more sleep always better?
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.
The latest gravitational wave data from LIGO and Virgo finally shows us the truth: there are no "gaps" in the masses of black holes.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
Based on the atoms that they're made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here's why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.
“Should they strike, each of them has an energy at impact equal to all of the nuclear weapons on Earth combined."
A mouthwash solution containing ferumoxytol and a dye could treat, prevent, and diagnose tooth decay, according to UPenn researchers.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Are hardened wood knives and nails coming to a store near you?
There are over 100 known elements in the periodic table. These 8 ways of making them account for every one.
Wireless charging isn't just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.