Scientific discoveries and research
A study clarifies the date of an important technological milestone: the adoption of the bow and arrow in western North America. The replacement of old...
Substances capable of mutating human genetic material—altering and permanently damaging it—are present in many everyday products. Researchers at Justu...
American politics is increasingly characterized by high levels of polarization and divisive rhetoric, despite stated preferences among voters for civi...
A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background has been demonstrated by re...
How can we measure time more than 500 million years into the past? A study recently published in Nature Communications by researchers at the Universit...
Scientists have debated for decades whether economies can continue to grow without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. A new study by a Penn State re...
New paired studies from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities show that machine learning can improve the prediction of floods. The studies, publishe...
In December 2023, the Peruvian Andes were hit by a severe drought followed by a wave of nighttime freezing temperatures. The "cold shock" didn't just...
Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often t...
Networks exist in both nature—such as biological systems like food webs and gene regulatory networks—and in engineered systems as seen in power grids....
Energy-from-waste facilities are often positioned as a cleaner alternative to landfill, transforming rubbish into electricity and reducing the UK's wa...
South of Fall Creek by the edge of the woods, the moths would gather. They were, of course, drawn by light—set out by a researcher working in Cornell...
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