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...

🌸 The 30-Year Bloom: Nature’s Rarest Floral Spectacle Returns

Gracus Bloom for City-Paper.com In the quiet deserts of the American Southwest and Mexico, a botanical miracle unfolds only once in a generation. Known as...

The Evolution of American Farm Equipment from 1900 to 1930

At the dawn of the 20th century, an American farm was still powered largely by animals. Horses and mules pulled plows, cultivators, wagons, reapers...

Mighty Water Wheels of Colonial America

By Gracus Bloom, City-Paper.com Long before electric motors, diesel engines, and industrial machinery transformed America, water wheels provided the horsepower that powered colonial communities. These...

‘An exciting surprise’: Ancient shark ‘graveyard’ uncovered in Egyptian desert

Scientists have uncovered an ancient shark "graveyard" in the middle of the Egyptian desert.Fossilized teeth from seven shark species dating back millions of years...

HPV-driven throat and mouth cancers are rising in men. Why?

Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) has drastically reduced cervical cancer rates among women who got the vaccine. But as doctors celebrate that news, they're...

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...