Jennifer Chu | MIT News In a new study appearing in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples collected along the “fan front” of Mars’ Jezero Crater contain minerals that…
Excavations have revealed a stone panel with 123 Mayan glyphs in a sacred pool next to the pyramid of Nohoch Mul in Cobá, Quintana Roo. The pyramid, 42 meters high, is one of…
Andrew McCaig, University of Leeds If you were to slice through it, you would see the Earth is divided into distinct layers. On top is the relatively thin crust where we live. Beneath…
An impressive discovery was made in the Republic of Sakha, Russia, when miners found a mummified carcass of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). The find occurred while they were excavating a quarry for…
Sachiko Amari, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In space, there are clouds that contain gas and dust ejected from stars. Our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago…
Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering Pick-and-place machines are a type of automated equipment used to place objects into structured, organized locations. These machines are used for a variety of applications — from electronics…
In Mount Juliet, Tennessee, a rare and intriguing phenomenon has caught the attention of biologists and animal lovers: a cat was born with four ears due to a genetic mutation. The protagonist of…
Neuralink, the neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk, has recently implanted its experimental N1 brain-computer interface (BCI) in a second patient. This development comes after the company’s first human trial, which began in…
Zoltan Nagy, The University of Texas at Austin My colleagues and I have developed an artificial intelligence system that helps buildings shift their energy use to times when the electric grid is cleaner….
Researchers have discovered what might be the world’s oldest sun and moon calendar at Göbekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old archaeological site in southern Turkey. The ancient complex, consisting of temple-like enclosures adorned with intricately…