Science and Technolgy blog
Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a “grand design” spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.
Scientists at CERN’s ALICE detector are replicating conditions found during the Big Bang, attempting to get to the bottom of how matter came to dominate over antimatter.
Each year we dedicate the final issue of Science News to reviewing the big stories in science, technology and medicine. And each year, I marvel at the many significant news events and research discoveries crammed into a year. Most significant:…
Noteworthy findings include jumbo black hole jets, an ultrapetite frog, ancient asteroid remnants and more.
From 1999 to 2022, the rate of cold-related deaths rose from about 4 per 1 million people to 9 per 1 million in the United States.
A machine learning algorithm identified the top five flavor notes in 16 types of whiskey. Each matched the aggregate of what a panel of human pros said.
Ground squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, California.
The remains of ancient bronze statues, including sculpted snakes up to 35 inches long, have been found within a hot spring in Italy.
The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China’s army 2,000 years ago.
The nonplastic polymer cleaned up eyeliner and permanent marker and broke down into molecules related to sugar and amino acids.
