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The Menlo Park lab of Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, is shown here after its relocation to the Henry Ford Museum in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. The arrow on the vacuum pump (center) marks the site of Edison's recreation of the lighting of the incandescent bulb on Oct. 21, 1929.

Who invented the lightbulb?

By Elizabeth Palermo, Callum McKelvie published

Reference Though Thomas Edison credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, this revolutionary technology was in fact developed by several inventors.

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The Hera mission will arrive at Didymos two years after DART's impact.

NASA's DART mission has a sequel. How Europe's HERA will explore an asteroid impact aftermath.

By Tereza Pultarova published

The Hera mission will follow NASA's DART asteroid-deflecting spacecraft to the binary space rock Didymos and detail the aftermath of DART's collision with the smaller of the two asteroids.

Mathematical formulas on green background. Mathematics is at the heart of science and our daily lives.

What is mathematics?

By Elaine J. Hom, Jonathan Gordon published

Reference Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement. It's all around us.

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A photo of Kevin Warwick using his cyborg implant to control a robot hand over the internet.

Who was the first cyborg?

By Patrick Pester published

Fictional cyborgs have appeared in science fiction since the 1920s, but who was the first human to fuse with technology and become a real-life cyborg?

World's longest bridge

What's the world's longest bridge?

By Katharine Gammon, Ailsa Harvey published

Reference Explore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world

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China test-fired a massive new solid-fueled rocket motor on Oct. 19, 2021.

China just test-fired a massive solid-fueled rocket

By Andrew Jones published

China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.

Genetic engineering, Cripsr concept art.

What is CRISPR?

By Aparna Vidyasagar, Nicoletta Lanese published

CRISPR is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function.

Representatives from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry..

Nobel Prize in chemistry given to duo whose method solves 'mirror-image problem' in chemistry

By Ben Turner published

Their solution allows scientists to select the 'chirality' of the molecule they are building

William Shatner is ready for your questions.

William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's life

By Mindy Weisberger published

Conversational video technology enables AI-powered back-and-forth between viewers and prerecorded responses.

Boeing's X-37B operates about 110 to 500 miles (160 to 800 kilometers) above the Earth at a speed of about 17,500 mph (28,200 km/h).

Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane wings past 500 days in Earth orbit

By Leonard David published

That enigmatic U.S. military X-37B robotic space drone has now chalked up more than 500 days circling the Earth.

North Korea conducted a test launch of its Hwasong-8 vehicle, which features a hypersonic upper stage, on Sept. 28, 2021. This photo of the launch was released by North Korean state media.

North Korea tests new hypersonic weapon: reports

By Mike Wall published

North Korean state media declared the test of the Hwasong-8 a success, but outside experts are skeptical.

Forensic reconstruction of the mummies JK2911, JK2134 and JK2888.

3 Egyptian mummy faces revealed in stunning reconstruction

By Mindy Weisberger published

Using genetic data, a forensic artist rebuilt the faces of three ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing each individual's likely appearance as a 25-year-old.

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. The company has won a U.S. military contract for missile-warning satellites.

SpaceX Starlink satellites responsible for over half of close encounters in orbit, scientist says

By Tereza Pultarova published

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are involved in about 1,600 close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit every week, according to available data. That’s about 50% of all such incidents.

Damien Jemison, photographer at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), captured this image of the NIF laser beam lines entering a part of the target chamber. Jemison needed five exposures to capture the range of light in the dimly lit spot. He also converted the resulting image to monotone, saying "The end result is my artistic view of how I feel when standing face-to-face with the highest-energy laser in the world."

Fusion experiment breaks record, blasts out 10 quadrillion watts of power

By Tom Metcalfe published

Crowds converge at Kabul's international airport Monday (Aug. 16) after the Taliban took over the Afghan city.

Crowds of desperate people at Afghanistan airport visible in satellite photos

By Elizabeth Howell published

The terraforming of Mars, to a world not unlike ours.

Could we really terraform Mars?

By Paul Sutter published

With its frigid temperatures, remoteness from the sun and general dustiness, changing Mars to be more Earth-like is more challenging than it seems (and it already seems pretty tough).

Proteins are complex structures in the body. Here, the brightly colored and twisty blobs represent different immune system proteins on the outer layer of a T-cell, a type of white blood cell that helps the body to identify foreign invaders.

DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body

By Stephanie Pappas published

AI firm DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body and in 20 species of research animals.

Blue Origin made history when four passengers, including Jeff Bezos, lifted off and made it to space aboard New Shepard.

Blue Origin record-breaking rocket launch just brought Jeff Bezos to space and back

By Mindy Weisberger published

The Blue Origins rocket New Shepard launched to the edge of space today, with former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and three other passengers onboard.

Abstract background, quantum physics, wave function

AI designs quantum physics experiments beyond what any human has conceived

By Anil Ananthaswamy published

Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics

A repurposed telecommunication satellite about to hit an asteroid to safe humankind from extinction.

Repurposed communications satellites could help save humanity from an asteroid impact

By Tereza Pultarova published

Large telecommunication satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as anti-asteroid weapons according to European aerospace company Airbus.