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Humanity’s quest for knowledge is our most striking feature. No other animal asks why or how things work, but humans aren’t content to enjoy the world as it is. We must ask why and tinker to make ...

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Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On the slide in front of them were the results of Lu’s latest attempt to turn back time for ...

The four-person crew of NASA's Artemis II mission saw parts of the moon no human has ever seen before on Monday and described their findings in intricate detail to scientists on Earth. Monday's lunar ...

Toward the right side of the periodic table below oxygen, are the chalcogens, or "ore-forming" elements. The chalcogens that occur naturally, including sulfur, selenium and tellurium, are all somehow ...

Acknowledging this lineage does not diminish the achievements of the European scientific revolution. Rather, recognizing Muslim scholars would clarify the record and strengthen science education by ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist — an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication — has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike. It ...