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October 25, 2024 • DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in 1866. Authorities say Esther Granger was likely the ...

But, he says, the scientists assessed just one type of battery and scenario. More research is needed to understand how broadly the findings apply. If the team’s observations do prove replicable ...

Megan Thee Stallion is back with a fresh mixtape, Megan Act II , and this time she’s bringing K-pop into the mix! The mixtape, set to drop on October 25, includes a highly anticipated collaboration ...

Oct. 24, 2024 — A research team analyzed wastewater surveillance methods for accurately tracking COVID-19 infection trends. Using wastewater data from Sapporo dating ...

“This is really a testament to the power of computer science and artificial intelligence,” said Jeanette Wing, a professor of computer science at Columbia University. Asked about the historic ...

Oct. 16, 2024 — A paper has solved a major hurdle facing researchers working with diamond by creating a novel way of bonding diamonds directly to materials that integrate easily with either ...

Deep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before. Astro engineers from the ...

Scientists suspected that gravity and the magnetic field alone could not fully explain the stream. There had to be another source creating this leaky faucet. It turns out the mysterious force is a ...

in Noblesville, Ind. earlier this year, after closing the original in 2023 Mina Starsiak Hawk/Instagram The second incarnation of Mina Starsiak Hawk’s Two Chicks District Co. store is closing ...