New Discoveries

Discoveries MIT study uses medical CT imaging to reconstruct 5,000 year-old metal production

MIT scientists use CT scans on 5,000 year old copper slag, exposing hidden metal droplets and early smelting secrets in Iran.

Discoveries Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell Joshua Shavit

Discoveries 250-million-year-old mammal ancestor could hear sounds long before modern mammals evolved Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Superconductivity and magnetism can co-exist in some materials, MIT study finds Shy Cohen

Health Swallowable light sensing pill could catch deadly gut ischemia before it kills Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Archeological findings in Iraq rewrite history of religious coexistence Shy Cohen

Discoveries Metabolites preserved in fossil bones reveal ancient diets, diseases, and habitats Joseph Shavit

Health Living plants and animals emit a faint glow that fades after death Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Scientists reveal the staggering number of insects flying in the sky above the US Rebecca Shavit

Green Impact Fusion reactors may be the key to uncovering dark matter particles Mac Oliveau

Discoveries Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth Joshua Shavit

Space 10 billion-year-old supernova sheds new light on cosmic expansion and dark energy Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Archeologists find the lost Bronze Age city of Seven Ravines Joshua Shavit

Health High-fat cheese linked to lower dementia risk in long-term study Rebecca Shavit

Space Titan’s interior is slushy ice, not a hidden ocean, Cassini data finds Joseph Shavit

Health New drug combination boosts life expectancy from grade 3 brain tumors by 45% or more Mac Oliveau

Space Silicon and carbon in iron may explain the onion-like layering of Earth’s inner core Joseph Shavit