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...

This is SPARDA: A self-destruct, self-defense system in bacteria that could be a new biotech tool

CRISPR kick-started a golden age of genetic research — but in nature, there are hundreds of similar systems with unexplored potential for gene editing....

Black hole butterflies? James Webb telescope spots dozens of black hole ‘cocoons’ in early universe.

Scientists may have finally pinned down the nature of some of the most baffling objects in the night sky.In a new study, researchers investigated...

Monumental tomb discovered in Turkey might be of royal from King Midas’ kingdom

An ancient tomb discovered in Turkey may have been made for a member of the family of the legendary King Midas, who lived in...

Hubble telescope discovers ‘Cloud-9’, a dark and rare ‘failed galaxy’ that’s unlike anything seen before

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have just spotted a new type of celestial object: Cloud-9, a starless, gas-rich cloud of dark matter that...

This ‘marker’ may be more predictive than cholesterol for heart disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in...

An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice

A new mRNA treatment rejuvenates key immune cells in the body, which could help them fight off infections and cancer, a mouse study suggests.T...