On Saturday, hundreds came to Caltech to learn more about a new anthology showcasing the literary work of scientists, engineers and students.
Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.
The ability to judge wine is not shared equally by every person. Research suggests that most of us are not as able as we would like to be.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) One of the first movies that comes to mind where the AIs take over humanity is "Colossus the Forbin Project," a 1970 ‘shocker'. The worst-case AI scenario has been a Hollywood plot for a long time — before "Colossus' and after. It's part of an array of possibilities for a future world that fiction writers have been tinkering with all along. In "Colossus," the AI teams up with a Russian ‘sentient' computer to blackmail mankind and bring them to their knees. That's...
Aptly named, Jupiter is the king of the Solar System. Weighing in at 318 times the mass of Earth, Jupiter is the largest planet in orbit around the Sun. Being so massive, its gravity sets the dynamics of the Solar System, bullying comets and bouncing asteroids. Given how large and influential Jupiter is, you might think that science has already revealed all the basic facts about its structure. But you would be wrong — as wrong, in fact, as the scientists who thought for many decades that they...
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, hosts of the Short Wave podcast, about the mysteries of multicellular organisms, a house built with diapers, and the physics of gummy candy.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, hosts of the Short Wave podcast, about the mysteries of multicellular organisms, a house built with diapers, and the physics of gummy candy.
CHICAGO, IL (IANS) – An Indian American and three others have been selected among a pool of graduating high school seniors as a recipient of the Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing which empowers students to pursue computing challenges beyond the traditional classroom environment. Sirihaasa […]
(WJHL) - Have you ever looked up at the night sky and noticed that some stars look more yellow or blue-colored? It all depends on the temperature of the star. Stars range in five different colors: red, orange, yellow, white and blue. Stars appear as red when they are at their coolest and dark blue []
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Achieving the perfect brisket takes cooking it for a long time at such low temperatures. Today, a look at the chemistry behind transforming this tough cut of meat to juicy deliciousness.
The next generation of scientists will possibly put together the technology to see a person walk on Mars.