The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

You might think that a late workout helps you unwind before bed. Maybe you’ve even felt a post-gym crash that made you doze ...

This marks the first time anyone has successfully reloaded fuel in an operational thorium molten salt reactor (MSR) without ...

Researchers have discovered that dense crowds can spontaneously synchronize into collective oscillations, with hundreds of ...

For the first time, researchers have filmed chimpanzees in the wild sharing fermented African breadfruit, which contains ethanol. The footage was gathered over months using motion-activated cameras ...

For all the slapstick mishaps — robots falling face-first, being rebooted mid-race, or melting circuits from the strain — the broader message wasn’t lost. China is serious about building the world’s ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a reeking, violet-stained factory where crushed sea snails once fueled the elite’s obsession ...

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It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.

Geologic mapping, the report emphasizes, is a scientific process. Every map is the result of hypothesis testing, data ...

Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, ...

The skeletons were found buried in the ancient Abu Fatima cemetery in Nubia (now a region in Sudan). Of the 30 skeletons, 14 ...