Jennifer Chu | MIT News Used in everything from soda cans and foil wrap to circuit boards and rocket boosters, aluminum is the second-most-produced metal in the world after steel. By the end of this…
Restorers at a renowned Gothic church in Germany have unearthed a “massive fortune” hidden within the leg of a statue for nearly 400 years. The treasure — four bags containing coins from the…
The Homa Peninsula in Kenya, nestled within the East African Rift Valley, is often referred to as “the cradle of humankind.” This region has safeguarded countless traces of humanity’s earliest chapters beneath its…
The search for extraterrestrial life raises profound questions, and one of the most challenging is defining the nature of life itself. For over a century, biologists have understood that life on Earth is…
Dark energy is a cornerstone of contemporary cosmology, central to explaining the Universe’s accelerated expansion. In the standard model, it’s characterized by a cosmological constant within general relativity, integrating dark energy into the…
A cache of ancient coins, over 2,000 years old and believed to have belonged to King Alexander Jannaeus—the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty that governed Judea in the final centuries before the…
Two state-of-the-art radio telescopes, each featuring 40-meter-diameter antennas, were officially launched on Friday in China. Strategically positioned in the northeast (Jilin Province’s Changbai Mountain area) and southwest (Shigatse, Xizang Autonomous Region), these installations…
If you’re worried that humanoid robots will take your job in 2025, you can relax for now. The few models available on the market are slow, clunky, and primarily designed for repetitive, physically…
Russian scientists have unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, discovered this summer in the thawing permafrost of Siberia’s remote Yakutia region. Named “Yana” after the river basin where she…
A new study provides some compelling motivation to get outdoors and move: for every extra hour you spend walking each day, you could be adding six hours to your lifespan. This potential benefit…