Why Am I Left-Handed?
When I was first learning to write, my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror. Being left-handed, I
Category: Science
5 ‘extremely rare’ iron shackles discovered in France highlight Celtic slave trade 2,300 years ago
Archaeologists have found five pairs of iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in France — a discovery that suggests the small settlement was frequented
Sweet! Sugar found in raspberries was discovered near the Milky Way’s center, hinting that life’s ingredients are common in space
Interstellar space just got a little sweeter: A type of sugar called erythrulose has been found near the center of the Milky Way, according to
Whether lefty or righty, practice makes the difference
Researchers looking for the origins of left-right dominance in the brain found no innately better motor skills on either side.
Meet the Milky Way’s puffiest planets
Two “superpuff” planets orbiting a sunlike star over 1,000 light-years from Earth are as big as Jupiter and as dense as cotton candy.
Elamite helmet with divine figures: A warrior king’s 3,500-year-old bronze armor depicting a raptor and gold-plated gods
QUICK FACTS Name: Elamite helmet with divine figures What it is: A bronze helmet with gold decorations Where it is from: Southwestern Iran When it
Black Eye Galaxy
Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized by
Venezuela’s devastating ‘earthquake doublet’ holds a warning for California’s San Andreas Fault
The two major earthquakes that struck Venezuela just 39 seconds apart on June 24 had slightly different epicenters in north-central Venezuela. The first (M7.2) struck
James Webb telescope captures never-before-seen glimpse of ‘Centaur’ galaxy’s battle wounds — Space photo of the week
Quick facts What it is: Centaurus A galaxy (NGC 5128) Where it is: 11 million light-years away, in the constellation Centaurus When it was shared:
‘The moon looked wrong’: Artemis II mission controller Chris White on taking historic lunar flyby photos from 250,000 miles away
On April 6, the four crewmembers of NASA’s Artemis II mission swooped around the far side of the moon in their Orion spacecraft, disappearing from
AI is giving people bad money advice. Here’s what I worry about most, as a finance professor.
Consider the following scenario. Suzy is 63, recently retired, and trying to decide when to start receiving Social Security and how to manage her retirement
18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold ‘tongues’ discovered along the Mediterranean coast
Archaeologists have discovered 18 ancient tombs in an Egyptian town along the Mediterranean Sea. The tombs — which were unearthed in Marina el-Alamein (also spelled
Was Einstein wrong about anything?
Albert Einstein gave us the theory of relativity , explained the photoelectric effect and predicted the existence of gravitational waves . He revolutionized our understanding
Songbirds are in crisis as trappers and smugglers force them into lucrative bird-singing competitions
On a Sunday afternoon in April, the main minibus terminal in Sukabumi, Indonesia, looked sleepy from the outside. But in an open space round the