Science

‘It’s similar to how Google can map your home without your consent’: Why using aerial lasers to map an archaeology site should have Indigenous...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square...

Halley wasn’t the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests.

Halley's comet bears the name of the astronomer who famously first described its movements through space, but he...

1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing death

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a 1,400-year-old tomb from the Zapotec culture that features well-preserved details, including a...

People, not glaciers, transported rocks to Stonehenge, study confirms

Humans — not glaciers — transported Stonehenge's megaliths across Great Britain to their current location in southern England,...

Why gut pain may be more severe in women than in men, according to a preclinical study

Differences in how gut cells respond to hormones may help to explain why women experience more frequent and...

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...

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip mania of the 17th...

Spinning Innovation: How Barlow’s Wheel Inspires Today’s Electromechanics

Electric motors are at the heart of modern industry, powering everything from household appliances to industrial machinery. But before the sleek, efficient motors we...

Just How Far Is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

When Jules Verne first published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1870, the world had barely begun to understand the ocean’s vastness. The...

The Dawn of Telecom Manufacturing in Boston and New York: A 1925 Industrial Legacy

As America surged into the Jazz Age, another revolution was quietly unfolding — the mechanical whir of lathes, switchboards, and soldering irons powering the...

AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes

Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are so realistic that even "super recognizers" — an elite group with exceptionally strong facial processing...