Many have wondered why the Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu never won a share of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Physics ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...

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Though smoking is the most prevalent risk factor, it does not imply that non-smokers are at zero risk. of lung cancer.

The world’s oldest known cave art shows how early humans crossed oceans, offering rare insight into ancient migration routes.

Research into Jupiter’s moons shows Io and Europa did not evolve apart but formed with opposite compositions from the beginning.

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, providing key experimental data for understanding the structure of extremely ...

Investigative reporting suggests that Iran may have used at least one warhead in the attacks that incorporated radiological ...

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A reconstruction of temperature in Colombia during the Pliocene, when CO2 levels were similar to today, suggests that parts of the tropics might soon experience more dramatic warming than previously ...