Science

James Webb telescope pinpoints the most distant ‘fast radio burst’ ever seen, more than 10 billion light-years away

Astronomers have detected the most distant burst of radio signals ever seen: an explosion that's emitting waves of energy from more than 10 billion light-years away.The event, named FRB...

THE GEARBOX: The Revolutionary Power Expander That Helped Move Mankind Forward

By Gracus Bloom | Industrial Technology News There is a wonderfully misleading phrase sometimes used to describe a gearbox:...

Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests

The first animals may have appeared on Earth hundreds of millions years earlier than their fossils suggest, a...

Star Metal: When Ancient People Worked Metal From the Stars

By Gracus Bloom | Historical Science & Archaeology Long before modern metallurgy gave humanity steel mills, electric furnaces and...

To Blend or Not to Blend? Four Vegetables Worth Eating Whole

Health News | Nutrition, food preparation and what really happens inside your blender The blender debate: Are we missing...

‘A landmark moment for the field’: FDA approves first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness.The therapy, called Otarmeni, is approved to treat a...

A giant ‘shadow’ has been creeping across Mars for 50 years — and scientists aren’t sure why

A massive dark patch lurking within a giant Martian crater has been creeping across the Red Planet's surface since the feature was first spotted...

Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water rituals

Archaeologists have discovered a rare circular structure dedicated to a local Egyptian deity called Pelusius, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities....

Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basement

During the Triassic around 205 million years ago, a newly-identified relative of modern crocodiles stalked its prey, but not in the water, a new...

I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sun

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who...

‘No one knows what they are’: Researchers discover new type of cell that’s seen only during pregnancy

Scientists have unveiled a detailed "atlas" of the placenta and uterus, showing how these unique tissues grow and evolve throughout pregnancy to accommodate a...