Technology & Innovation

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Tow rock like material appearing to form together in space.
Planet collisions make for spectacular, heart‑pounding movie moments, the kind that send shockwaves across a theater. But how often do events that dramatic actually unfold in the real universe?
a submersible with coral in the foreground
For centuries, the deep sea remained elusive. Without a means to breath underwater or endure crushing pressures, scientists and explorers relied upon crude methods to survey the bottom of the sea—from the deck of a ship they dropped trawls and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
image of the medieval text with original writing highlighted in yellow on a laptop screen
The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.
Doctor looking at a screen
Standard testing can miss some tumors, which are later diagnosed and called interval cancers. They’re often more aggressive than screening-detected disease
ice on a window
The new form, called Ice XXI, appeared at room temperature in the lab, and it may have a similar density to ice on distant moons in our solar system
A three-toed footprint in a fossil
Using artificial intelligence, DinoTracker can accurately classify dinosaur tracks around 90 percent of the time
A photograph featuring the conical silver Orion spacecraft and cylindrical European Service Module in the foreground as it travels through space. In the background the Moon and then the Earth can be seen in the far distance.
People may know Artemis as NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program. However, it is much more than a rerun of Project Apollo.