Science Discoveries
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Rudolf Diesel’s 1892 Patent Revolutionized Engineering
AUGSBURG, July 6 — The diesel engine turned over a century old this week, and the mechanics of…
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Mg/Ca Ratios in Foraminifera Shells Reveal Ancient Ocean Temps
WASHINGTON, July 19 — When scientists want to know how warm the ocean was during the last ice…
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2,200-Year-Old Noblewoman Xin Zhui Still the Best-Preserved Mummy Ever Found
CHANGSHA, June 24 — The story begins not in a museum or a university archive, but with the…
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Bennett and Brassard Win Turing Award for Quantum Key Work
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced that Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard will receive the 2025 Turing…
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Bennett and Brassard Win 2025 Turing Award for Quantum Work
Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard have been named recipients of the 2025 Turing Award, celebrating their foundational…
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FDR’s New Deal: Hoover Dam, TVA Transform America’s Rivers
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The strategic transformation of the American landscape during the Great Depression remains one of…
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How a Tesseract Extends the Cube Into a Fourth Dimension
NEW YORK, July 16 — Here’s something to bend your brain: a four-dimensional shape. It’s called a tesseract,…
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Satellite constellations leave persistent chemical footprint in upper atmosphere
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The United States and its allies are confronting a new dimension in the geopolitical…
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Giant Tortoises Return to Floreana Island After 180 Years Absence
Once abundant, the giant tortoises on Floreana Island dwindled to extinction by the 1840s due to human activities.…
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Giant Tortoises Return to Galápagos Island After 180 Years Absent
In a landmark conservation effort, Galápagos National Park has released 158 captive‑bred juvenile giant tortoises onto Floreana Island,…
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Norway 1905: Workers Against War, a Kingdom by Ballot
The referendum in Norway, autumn 1905, produced a margin so vast it almost reads as a clerical error.…
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Transcontinental Railroad Created National Market, Spurred Western Industry
WASHINGTON, July 10 — The transcontinental railroad, that great steel sinew binding the American continent, did not merely…
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Fu-Kuo Chang Wants Aircraft Structures That Sense Their Own Damage
STANFORD, Calif., July 17 — For decades, the challenge of keeping aircraft safe has relied on frequent, painstaking…
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UK Pest Controllers Report a 38% Rat Surge as Breeding Seasons Lengthen
LONDON — The pest control industry is tracking what it calls a direct line from a warming climate…
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Why the Mockingbird Sings All Night: Territory, Mates and Streetlights
WASHINGTON, July 2 — For anyone who has been jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a bird singing…
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Three Chemists Win Nobel for Sponge-Like Crystal Breakthrough
Three scientists have been named laureates of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work on…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Metal-Organic Frameworks Research
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard…
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Malaysia’s Mangrove Restoration Program Gets Private Backing
Malaysia’s mangrove restoration program received private backing on November 8, 2024, in a move to support the country’s…
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84% of Global Coral Reefs Hit by Record Bleaching Since 2023
The scope of the damage is hard to overstate. Since 2023, more than 84% of the world’s coral…
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Colossal Squid Caught on Film Alive in Its Natural Habitat
For nearly a century the colossal squid existed mainly as a curiosity preserved in jars and a tale…
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Scientists Film Colossal Squid in Natural Habitat for First Time
Researchers from the University of Essex have recorded the first-ever video footage of a live colossal squid in…
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Myanmar’s Ancient Monastery Destroyed, Cultural Loss Confirmed Officially
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How Three Nobel Winners Solved the Chromosome End Problem
LONDON, July 8 — The molecular clock at the end of every human chromosome ticks a little faster…
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New Dinosaur Discovery Expands Mongolia’s Prehistoric Fossil Record
Mongolia, the 18th-largest nation globally, has added another significant fossil to its prehistoric record. On March 26, 2025,…
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