March 18, 2020 Scientists at Oxford University have developed a rapid testing technology for coronavirus Scientists at Oxford University say that they have developed a technology that could significantly speed up testing for COVID-19.
March 11, 2020 Pi Day: How it’s celebrated across the nation Celebrate Pi Day (3.14), March 14, with a slice of pie.
March 11, 2020 Did German physicists accidentally discover dark matter in 2014? Could we have already discovered dark matter?
March 9, 2020 10 different kinds of bear: Everything you need to know about the huge mammals Bears are mammals that belong to the family Ursidae.
March 6, 2020 Brian Williams, NY Times editor ridiculed for getting Bloomberg math breakdown very, very wrong If someone had simply stopped and double-checked some math, they might have saved MSNBC’s Brian Williams and New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay some embarrassment Thursday night.
March 4, 2020 First CRISPR gene editing done inside human body, scientists say The gene editing tool CRISPR has been used to treat a patient with an inherited form of blindness, an operation which, if successful, will open up a new frontier for treating diseases, scientists say.
February 18, 2020 WWI helmets protect against shock waves as well as modern helmets, scientists discover Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts.
January 17, 2020 Scientists unlock secrets about mysterious giant squid Not much is known about the mysterious giant squid, a creature that was first captured on film in 2005. Now, researchers have decoded the giant cephalopod's genome, hoping to unlock more secrets about the legendary squid.
January 14, 2020 Philippines volcano spews lava half-mile high, threatens to erupt again as flights grounded A volcanic eruption in the Philippines continues to spew lava half a mile into the sky, creating lightning bolts, and threatening to erupt again even as tens of thousands of people continue to flee the region and hundreds of flights have been canceled or delayed.
January 7, 2020 Scientists in Florida Keys spending $100 million to stop coral reef deaths Key Largo, Fla. –– Technicolor coral once covered stretches of underwater reefs in the Florida Keys and beyond. But now, they are dying and researchers have likened them to abandoned underwater cities.
