Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

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At Futurism.co, Alex Klokus created an infographic that highlights 20 of the most impressive scientific advancements and discoveries this year so far. We've republished the graphic here with ...

Scientific research is being conducted constantly, and as a result new discoveries are coming to light every day. Some of these even have the potential to change the world. Here are eight ...

Some scientific discoveries come about after painstaking, goal-oriented lab work finally yields the result that a researcher is trying to find. But frequently, some lucky accident leads to a ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

By studying the material objects left by people who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago, we can find all kinds of amazing ... six of the most recent archeological discoveries in North America ...

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It may be 2015 already, but in 2014 we saw some truly amazing scientific discoveries. We landed a probe on a comet, discovered new particles that further our knowledge of the physics of the ...

Cornell Engineering recently held a memorial symposium that honored Kourkoutis and the impact of her scientific ... In recent years, this method has produced a wide range of discoveries, from ...

Most of the practical AI success stories in recent years have involved what computer scientists ... Can we automate something like scientific discovery? One potential approach, which I discuss in my ...