Weapons chest found on wreck of 15th-century 'floating castle' sheds light on 'military revolution at sea'
The chest could shed light on the fire and explosion that sank the vessel.
By Andrew Jones published
China's experimental moon satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar communications and navigation tech. Recently, they shared this image of the lunar surface with a ghostly Earth in the background.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The miniature bronze portrait depicts Alexander the Great with his wavy hair and crown of ram horns.
By Kristina Killgrove published
Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago.
By Emily Cooke published
Early tests suggest that a new tool that requires only a single drop of blood could detect three of the deadliest forms of cancer.
By Skyler Ware published
Why don't dogs claws retract like felines' do?
By Angely Mercado published
The causes range from innocuous media exposure to severe mental illness.
By Ben Turner published
By precisely measuring the mass of neutrinos — ghostly particles that stream through your body by the billions each second — physicists could find some glaring holes in the Standard Model of particle physics. A new experiment has taken them one step closer.
By Paul Sutter published
With the nature of the universe's two most elusive components up for debate, physicists have proposed a radical idea: Invisible particles called tachyons, which break causality and move faster than light, may dominate the cosmos.
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, may be weakening, challenging prevailing theories of cosmology.
By Sam Lemonick published
More than two decades ago, scientists predicted that at ultra-low temperatures, many atoms could undergo 'quantum superchemistry' and chemically react as one. They've finally shown it's real.
By Lloyd Coombes published
Deal Save big on a Dr J Professional air purifier for your home at Walmart, now under $100.
By Drew Turney published
A new system uses generative AI to predict weather faster and more cheaply than ever — while detecting difficult-to-spot extreme weather events — beating the world's major weather agencies.
By Nicholas Fearn published
Qubits can be made by floating a suspended electron over a pool of liquid helium rather than being embedded them a solid-state crystal — which leads to impurities and errors.