Ramesses III was one of Egypt’s great warrior pharaohs. A temple he built at Medinet Habu, near the Valley of the Kings, highlights why. On its walls, carvings tell the story of a coalition of fighters that swept across the...
Here are the questions. The answers can be found at the bottom of this page, but don’t scroll down until you’ve given them a good go. 1. Uncle Johannes has outdone himself this year, serving up an eight-course Christmas feast...
Colour, smell, taste and chemical constituents can all be used to distinguish whiskiesJane Barlow/PA Images/Alamy Artificial intelligence can tell Scotch whisky from American whiskey and identify its strongest constituent aromas more reliably than human experts – by using data rather...
Mathematicians attended Roger Apéry’s lecture at a French National Center for Scientific Research conference in June 1978 with a great deal of skepticism. The presentation was entitled “On the Irrationality of ζ(3),” which caused quite a stir among experts.The value...
In November 2022 Matthew Genge was peering through a scanning electron microscope at a millimeter-sized speck of the asteroid Ryugu when he noticed something was off. A minuscule yet unmistakable rod-shaped tendril of organic matter previously unseen clung to the...
December 19, 20243 min readMost Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Could Reveal Stegosaurus SecretsThe huge Stegosaurus fossil Apex, bought at auction for $44.6 million, has debuted on loan at the American Museum of Natural HistoryBy Zane Wolf edited by Sarah Lewin...
TranscriptTEXT CARD: 2020Dartmouth College, N.H.Vassiki Chauhan: In September 2015, I arrived from the Boston Airport on the Dartmouth Coach that loops around the green.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing...
December 19, 20244 min readTrump’s Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and People's HealthWith a possible bird flu outbreak looming, Donald Trump’s choice of Jay Bhattacharya, a scientist critical of COVID policies, for the NIH is the wrong move...
CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will strengthen the United States’ climate target by aiming to cut planet-warming pollution 61-66 percent by 2035, in a move that his successor is certain to disregard.The new goal marks an...
“Lloyd,” he tells me. “His name is Lloyd.” Naturally. Why would a green Lego Ninjago be called anything else? The plastic figurine has shot to top spot on my son Sam’s Christmas list. Anyone who knows a young child will...
