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How and When Was the Wheel Invented?
Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the ...
Famous Ice Age 'Puppies' Likely Wolf Cubs, Not Dogs
New analysis of the remains of two ‘puppies’ dating back more than 14,000 years ago has shown that they are most likely ...
Caffeine Could Help Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
After decades of stalled national progress in reducing the rate of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), a category of ...
First-of-Its-Kind Technology Helps Man With ALS 'Speak'
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed an investigational brain-computer interface that holds ...
Kai James
Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve ...
Were the First Kings of Poland Actually From Scotland?
For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal house, who reigned ...
Brad Schwartz, MD
Congress is now considering significant cuts to federal research funding. These decisions, if approved, won’t just stall scientific progress in the short term—they would ...
American Science's Culture Has Contributed to the Grave Threat It Now Faces
Congress is now considering significant cuts to federal research funding. These decisions, if approved, won’t just stall ...