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14th-century shipboard cannon that fired 'stone shots'...
An analysis of cloth found inside the cannon suggests that it dates to the 14th century and that the weapon was charged with gunpowder...
Astronomers measure dark matter 'haloes' around hundreds...
Studying the mysterious form of matter around ancient quasar galaxies could have profound implications for our understanding of how...
Humanity's future on the moon: Why Russia, India and other...
Half a century after the first humans landed on the moon, global interest is once again rising to visit our celestial neighbor. This...
'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician...
In the 1950s, Viktor Safronov, a young Soviet mathematician, was tasked with solving the problem of how the solar system's planets...
'Outstanding' 2,200-year-old child's shoe discovered deep...
A second century B.C. leather shoe found in an Austrian mine offers 'extremely rare insight into the life of Iron Age miners.'
How accurate are our first childhood memories?
Can we trust our earliest memories, or are they unreliable?
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs allowed flowers to...
Scientists have discovered flowering plants were largely unscathed by the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66 million...
Science news this week: A giant gator and a wobbly asteroid
Sept. 17, 2023: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained...