When Albert Einstein introduced his theory of general relativity in 1915, it changed the way we viewed the universe. His ...

An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed.

A brief overview of the history and operating principles of vacuum tubes is discussed, after which Dr. Stephen Dyer shows how ...

A naturally occurring phenomenon, some see rainbows as symbols of love, while others see them as symbolic of new beginnings.

Although far from the oldest writing we have found, these cylinders are 500 years older than any previously known example of alphabetic script, if that is indeed what they carry.

Federal funding for cognitive research in the late 1970s and early 1980s unexpectedly led to significant advancements in ...

Sarfaraz, a 21-year-old laborer from West Bengal, overcame immense challenges to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor.

Moved by Sarfaraz’s resilience, Alakh Pandey extended his support by gifting him a new phone and offering INR 5 lakh to cover ...

Quantum chaos is a useful framework for quantum many-body systems, but it has been mostly applied to isolated systems. Here the authors study the interplay of chaos and dissipation in open quantum ...

The piano in “The Piano Lesson” is a thing of pride and sorrow. It’s a family heirloom, a work of art, and a symbol of black achievement, but it’s also a document of families enslaved and ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to knife ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research suggests that these markings informed the development of writing Sarah Kuta ...