Science

Origins of world’s earliest writing point to symbols on ‘seals’ used in Mesopotamian trade

Origins of world’s earliest writing point to symbols on ‘seals’ used in Mesopotamian trade

Albert Wagner

The world’s oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used ...

Bacteria breakthrough could accelerate mosquito control schemes

Bacteria breakthrough could accelerate mosquito control schemes

Albert Wagner

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they’re exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health ...

Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First

Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First

Albert Wagner

Nine years ago, a pair of freshly weaned British longhair kittens boarded a private plane in Virginia and flew to ...

How Big Tech intends to power AI’s thirst for energy

How Big Tech intends to power AI’s thirst for energy

Albert Wagner

Industrial chiller at Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2024. Bloomberg | ...

Saturn’s moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?

Saturn’s moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?

Albert Wagner

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of ...

Bacteria breakthrough could accelerate mosquito control schemes

Evolutionary paths vastly differ for birds, bats

Albert Wagner

New Cornell University research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats’ wings and legs is tightly coupled, which ...

Apple is buying 20 percent of its iPhone satellite services partner

Apple is buying 20 percent of its iPhone satellite services partner

Albert Wagner

Apple is taking a 20 percent stake in its iPhone satellite connectivity partner Globalstar — a stake worth $400 million ...

How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico’s Clandestine Graves

How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico’s Clandestine Graves

Albert Wagner

In 2014, after the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa normalistas in Mexico, Silván and other CentroGeo professionals joined the scientific advisory ...

Exxon CEO says U.S. election won’t affect oil production

Exxon CEO says U.S. election won’t affect oil production

Albert Wagner

The outcome of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 won’t affect oil production levels in the short to medium ...

Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life

Watch this terrifying robotic torso spring into life

Albert Wagner

A robotics company has created a fully movable, ultra-creepy humanoid torso that looks like it’s straight out of the television ...