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Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
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“You’re not punished for failing, you’re punished for not trying.” Former Uber exec Emil Michael on how to truly achieve success.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.
AI is helping us replace petrochemicals with natural enzymes.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi's atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
Smarter building materials can control indoor temperatures without external power.
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Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.
Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.
Don’t argue with science. Just do it.
LK-99, almost certainly, isn't a room-temperature superconductor. The underlying physics of the phenomenon helps us understand why.
It could cut the time needed to reach Mars in half.
You could send your potential paramour a perfume bottle, a cigar cutter, travel plans — or maybe some cocaine.
A company in England has made a test that picks out the compounds from breath that reveal if people have liver disease.
Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.
Pain relievers like acetaminophen and ibuprofen are made with chemicals derived from oil. Scientists have shown how to make them from trees.
The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.
Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.
It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.
Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
Engineer James Clarke liberated John, Paul, George, and Ringo from their mono and stereo straitjackets using algorithms at Abbey Road.
Giambattista della Porta's contributions to codebreaking changed the course of communication.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
Alchemy had its golden age in the 17th century, when it counted Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle among its adherents.
John Templeton Foundation
We're separating the facts about EVs from the fiction.
Your whole body is part of the instrument.
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Crypto is a lot of things, but it isn’t a currency. "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful,” breaks down what it would take to get there.
With U.S. infrastructure crumbling, an honor oath and iron ring remind engineers of their profession's ethical weight.