Category science

Batteries used in smartphones or in EVs normally charge for 10 hours on their first cycle, but turbo-charging them to 100% capacity in 20 minutes may lead to a 50% longer lifespan.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a pair of distant galaxies being twisted into a cosmic question mark thanks to a rare form of gravitational lensing.

NASA’s testing a solar sail system in space, and the spacecraft that brought the tech there has snapped a photo.

Getting an accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information that the naked eye cannot.

ChatGPT and similar AI sort those who use African American English dialect into less prestigious jobs and dole out harsher criminal punishments.

Archaeologists think the earliest skeleton from the Malaysian excavation may be up to 16,000 years old.

The corrected calculation had an error rate about a tenth of one done without quantum error correction.

A new video from an astronaut’s vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky.

The source of a supposed alien broadcast that made researchers go “Wow!” may instead have been the result of a remarkably rare cosmic event, a new study suggests.

The word orangutan means “person of the forest” — a good name for a group of primates that spend most of their time in trees. These great apes have long arms and long, curling fingers and toes for grasping branches.…