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
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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
Soccer Meets Space Science
Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity.
Tropical forests stop absorbing carbon dioxide during El Niño events. This year could be the worst.
Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion
‘He looked like Ramses the Great’: How experimental archaeologists used ancient techniques to mummify a modern-day person
In most areas of archaeology, excavators painstakingly dig layer by layer to reveal not just buried artifacts but also charred seeds, broken bones and microscopic
‘Some people called it horrifying’: ‘Dinner with King Tut’ author on using Egyptian mummification techniques on a modern-day human body
Most archaeologists spend time digging in the dirt or piecing together broken artifacts or bones in the lab, attempting to make sense of the past
Science news this week: Time emerges inside a mini-universe, scientists thicken Arctic ice, and one of the oldest graves of a free Black person in the US found
This week’s science news was filled with big discoveries from the world of the small, led by a physicist’s creation of a mini-universe, which was
Diagnostic dilemma: An 83-year-old man went to the hospital because of very itchy skin. It turned out he had a rare form of syphilis.
The patient: An 83-year-old man in Belgium The symptoms: The man sought medical attention at a hospital because the muscles on one side of his
Does fast charging damage your battery more than regular charging?
Fast charging seems to be almost everywhere. Many smartphones can go from nearly empty to more than 50% charged in about half an hour, while
Lost in Curiosity reveals the messy reality of doing science
In her new book, science journalist Roberta Kwok takes readers behind the scenes to understand how researchers get nature to give up its secrets.
Waxing Gibbous Moon
The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean southeast
We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture.
Thamires Lima, a research professor in chemical engineering at Drexel University, studies the properties of thick, viscous liquids — think honey or molasses, though in
Medieval babies and adults buried together in Sweden were not related, archaeologists discover — raising big questions about early Christian burial practices
Early Christian communities in Sweden often buried children in the same grave with adults, but archaeologists have found that these individuals rarely shared close biological
NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS, thanks to an upgrade to a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab
A new upgrade to the International Space Station’s (ISS) quantum laboratory is enabling NASA to probe the behavior of atoms further than ever before, the