The light from Earendel took 12.9 billion years to reach Hubble. The star is millions of times brighter than our Sun and 50 times as massive.
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Thanks to genetic clues, scientists discovered that an old stroke therapy that had abandoned for decades might just work.
Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?
The digital world will always entail risks for teens, but that doesn’t mean parents aren’t without recourse.
Fire-retardant gels and slimes combine the best attributes of water and foam.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
This flying car — more properly called an “electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle”
— will seat five and fly up to 135 mph.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Made from concrete, it cost 15% less per square foot to construct than a typical house.
A small study suggests that IMST is as effective as medications or 30 minutes of aerobic exercise.
Researchers believe they have found a single point mutation in an infection-sensing gene that causes the autoimmune disorder.
Zuranolone might help people feel better sooner than if they were relying on standard treatment alone.
A radical redesign of commercial aircraft, called the flying-V plane, could increase fuel efficiency by 20%, greatly reducing emissions.
Using cellulose from trees and a synthetic polymer, MIT researchers have created a material that “is stronger and tougher than some types of bone, and harder than typical aluminum alloys.”
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
A community in Austin, Texas is using geothermal energy to keep homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Researchers look to an FDA-approved drug ingredient that can “scoop-up” and store cholesterol and possibly stave off post-stroke dementia.
NASA will use energy from Earth’s gravity to launch the Lucy spacecraft in October of this year.
Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
A marketing professional decided to think creatively and create a resume-bot. It helped him land 14 interviews and 11 job offers.
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Fifteen volunteers in France just spent more than a month living in a cave — without any way to tell time — […]
Just as there are many types of believers, there’s not only one type of atheist.
Many mavericks look to Einstein as a unique figure, whose lone genius revolutionized the Universe. The big problem? It isn’t true.
How our fantasy world of the past has become everyday reality.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
Aerial drone footage was sent to an AI trained to track down space rocks.
Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?
