The Erasing of American Science
The government has funded science and then largely left well enough alone. Scientific agencies have been staffed by ...
Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...
Tech has changed. Dating? It's complicated
Moira Weigel began researching the history of dating in the early 2010s during a pivotal cultural moment in the U.S. The ...
Steve Mann, Father Of Wearable Computing, Given IEEE Ibuka Award
IEEE recognized the achievements of Steve Mann with the Masuru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award at the 2025 IEEE ICCE in Las ...
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Five Unusual Ways People Used Lead—and Suffered For It
Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes ...
Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change
Enzymes significantly speed up the chemical reactions that keep you alive. Researchers are using AI to create new ones to tackle modern challenges.
How Valentine's Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and 'manufactured intimacy'
When we think of Valentine's Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...
Baby monitors, satellites and the moon: Telling history of Jersey Shore's Black scientists
Tyrone Laws is one of the people dedicated to making sure stories of the Jersey Shore's pioneering Black scientists do not disappear forever.
Granger Morgan: Keeping America great means funding science
One of the things that makes America great is great science, but America will not stay great unless it continues to produce ...