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Become A Stakeholder…for Free! Estonia-based startup, Guaana, is breaking down barriersbreaking down barriers in global scientific advancement. Now, the company asserts that they are opening up the opportunity

Regenerating Bone Tissue The incidence of bone disorders, particularly in populations where aging is tied to rising obesity rates and poor physical activity, has been increasing steadily— so much so that

Setting the World Record Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) made a world record—and headlines—this week, when it unveiled the

Using Ultrasound to End Comas, DNA Sequencing in Space, Bill Nye Gets A Talk Show, And More

The Trail Goes On Throughout the year, evidence of a ninth rogue planet, imaginatively dubbed, Planet Nine, has been increasing. Astronomers have been following a trail of clues that would potentially

GARDASIL Ten years ago, the world’s first cancer vaccine was administered in Australia. Since then, the vaccine—Gardasil—that targets human papilloma virus (HPV) has been administered more than 187 million

Epoch In the field of geology, an epoch is a period in Earth's history used to identify a specific era. An epoch, therefore, becomes a reference point to categorize objects of geological study. For most

Holy Grail Physicists around the world are on a mad dash to build a nuclear fusion machine that can replicate the Sun’s atom-fusing process and provide everyone with a low-cost, sustainable energy

Out of Our League Imagine sucking up the immense energy output of the Sun by totally encapsulating it with a vast mega-structure made of solar panels—that is the Dyson Sphere. Since solar energy's discovery

Dangerous Journeys Back in April, Stephen Hawking and Russian space enthusiast Yuri Milner revealed a new initiative meant to probe our closest interstellar neighbor—Alpha Centauri. Named Breakthrough

The universe contains some 100 billion galaxies. IC 1101 is the largest that we've ever seen.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft had a busy weekend, soaring over Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops and emerging with the first up-close images and science observations of the solar system’s largest planet. Juno’s Saturday

Space Train It takes between three to six months for a probe to reach Mars from Earth. A new concept space train called Solar Express is challenging that time frame: it would, hypothetically, be able to

ARE ROACHES ALL THAT BAD? Who would have thought that roaches, that's right, C-O-C-K-R-O-A-C-H-E-S, could actually do something good for humanity? Well, it seems that they are helping out quite a lot.

Graphene has been hailed as a miracle material, capable of revolutionizing electric car batteries, robotic skin, and even water desalination. But what is it, and why hasn't it changed the world yet?

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Earth’s problem is us. And scientists are now proving it. Again. Most experts agree that human activity has played a major role in making climate change happen, but the consensus

Smart Medicine The fascinating field of ingestible robotics could potentially allow robot-like machines to probe and diagnose from inside the human body. But a major concern is the safety of such machines,

Waking Up "Asleep" Unfortunately, waking up from a coma doesn't mean you're A-OK. Rather, it just marks the start of the battle. Individuals who are recovering face the possibility of waking

If you could travel at 99.9% the speed of light, how long would it take you to get to the Moon? Mars? The nearest star? The edge of the universe? Hop aboard our interstellar starship and find out!

His contributions to NASA helped launch the United States into the space. His books and television shows invited ordinary people to experience the extraordinary. This is the story of Carl Sagan, the