Star Trek may have introduced the masses to the concept of a warp drive, but early references to this mode of travel date back to the 1930s in Jack Williamson’s science fiction novel, The Cometeers…. read more >>

Carrion crows, a notably brainy bird native to Europe, recently demonstrated their laudable intellectual capabilities in yet another way. While these crows have previously shown the ability to… read more >>

 
Every year for more than twenty years, TIME editors compile a list of the most impactful ideas and products. This year, the editors focused on categories such as AI, accessibility, robotics,… read more >>

The rapid intensification and slower decay in recent hurricanes provide a terrible “one-two” punch, increasing storm surges and wind speeds at landfall while expanding the total area affected by the… read more >>

A Boston-based startup developed a non-invasive treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that slowed Alzheimer’s disease patients’ cognitive delay by 83% and functional decline by 84% after just six… read more >>

July 2023 is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. And we still have a few days to go before we flip the calendar to August.
According to Scientific American, “Because July is… read more >>

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), is a NASA space mission designed to test the planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). Last week, it crashed into Dimorphos, a small asteroid over… read more >>

What is tiny, bright orange, and really bad at jumping? The answer is a small amphibian found in the mountainous forests of Brazil, aptly called pumpkin toadlets. These tiny frogs are barely a… read more >>

The Milky Way is a hazy, dare I say milky, band of light seen in the night sky. In 1610, Galileo Galilei used his telescope to show the light emanated from individual stars. In 1920, scientists first… read more >>

A decades-old nuclear research project uncovers proof that the Greenland ice sheet has melted before.
During the 1960s, a US Army project called “Project Iceworm” set out to determine if… read more >>