Science

3I/ATLAS photos: NASA, ESA reveal new images of interstellar comet ahead of close encounter with Earth

The celebrity comet 3I/ATLAS is showing itself out of our solar system for good — but not before the cosmic paparazzi at Earth's space agencies snap some of the...

Ancient ‘hanging coffin’ people in China finally identified — and their descendants still live there today

For millennia, an ethnic group in what's now southwest China placed their dead in "hanging coffins" on cliffsides,...

The Crystal Current: Can Gemstones Unlock a New Kind of Electricity for Electromechanical Systems?

In the evolving world of science and engineering, the search for alternative materials is intensifying. From the perspective...

Six Months with R2-D2: Inside the Life of a Certified Automation Technician Aboard Galactic Starship

The Galactic Assignment of a Lifetime For most automation technicians, the job involves factory floors, assembly lines, and robotic...

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,...

Ötzi quiz: What do you know about the Iceman mummy who was murdered 5,300 years ago in the Alps?

On Sept. 19, 1991, hikers were crossing a pass over the Ötztal valley in the Alps when they stumbled upon a human body that...

Quantum internet inches closer thanks to new chip — it helps beam quantum signals over real-world fiber optic cables

Scientists have sent quantum signals over standard fiber-optic cables using the same connectivity that powers today’s web, in what could be a major step...

Rare wampum beads discovered at 17th-century colony in Newfoundland

Seven tiny beads unearthed in Newfoundland, Canada, are a rare discovery — they may be the only wampum ever found in the province, and...

Physicists find a loophole in Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle without breaking it

Physicists have measured both the momentum and position of a particle without breaking Heisenberg’s iconic uncertainty principle.In quantum mechanics, particles don’t have fixed properties...

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist who discovered chimpanzee tool use, dies at 91

Jane Goodall, the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) confirmed in a statement...

'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration

The CDC's current crisis has been building since Trump's first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency's newly appointed director. Published...