Category: 7. Science

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles” — the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided by themselves and 1.

And in a new development, it turns out these mathematical…

The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue like electrical wires. While modern imaging technologies allow researchers to follow the activity of individual…

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is usually discussed as a climate problem – a powerful greenhouse gas that can spike in soils after fertilizer use. But new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests it may also play an…

For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms.

Scientists have long suspected the existence of this invisible phenomenon, thought to be the result of a passing…

After a heart attack, the heart struggles to recoup and maintain energy. One third of patients develop heart failure as a result ⎯ a condition that impacts 6.8 million Americans and carries a high lifetime risk with 1 in 4 adults…

The April full moon will occur at 10:12 p.m. EDT on April 1 (0311 BST on April 2), as the lunar disk sits opposite the sun in Earth’s sky, fully lit by its rays.

April’s full moon is often called the “Pink Moon“, in reference to the…

When you slide a 500-year-old frozen child into a…