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March 14, 2018

Quotations from Stephen Hawking

Physicist and author Stephen Hawking possessed an uncanny ability to come up with memorable phrases and sayings that summed up his world view.

March 14, 2018

Stephen Hawking: Tech execs remember legacy of famed physicist

Tech executives, ranging from Apple CEO Tim Cook to Google CEO Sundar Pichai weighed in on Stephen Hawking's passing, remembering his contributions to science and humanity.

March 13, 2018

Johns Hopkins scientists genetically engineer malaria-resistant mosquitoes

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have genetically engineered mosquitoes that are resistant to the malaria parasite by deleting a gene that helps malaria to survive in the mosquito's gut.

March 2, 2018

Model scientist Susan Finkbeiner, PhD, struts London catwalk one day, chases butterflies the next

Unlike most other scientists, the 30-year-old Rockford, Ill.-native is also an international runway model.

February 23, 2018

Stanford’s ‘diamond anvil’ technology could be a game-changer for chemistry

Stanford's molecular diamond anvil could be used to create custom molecules through the triggering of unique chemical reactions. And all by simply giving them a good, high-pressured squeeze!

November 20, 2017

Thomas Edison discovery: Electrical wire from historic home lighting demo on sale for $120,000

A long-lost piece of electrical wire from Thomas Edison’s first underground cable for electric lighting is up for sale.

September 26, 2017

Students prepare to launch balloons to get bird's-eye view of solar eclipse

For the first time advances in technology will make it possible for world-wide solar eclipse enthusiasts to watch live-streamed video of the celestial phenomenon – and they are doing it with balloons.

September 26, 2017

Dinosaurs beheaded: Vandals attack dino models at museum

Stunned children discovered three beheaded model dinosaurs at Australia's National Dinosaur Museum.

August 17, 2017

The next Einstein? America's best and brightest minds

From curing blindness to building safer bridges to specialized 3-D that can save lives, American innovators are taking on science’s biggest challenges.

June 28, 2017

A bizarre new form of liquid water is discovered

Liquid water comes in two forms — low density and high density, scientists have found.