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Scientists built a swallowable paper battery that can power medical devices inside the body and then gradually break down after its job is done.So far, the…
One of the longest-running meteor showers of the year began on Sunday (Sept. 20), as the Southern Taurids start sending occasional “shooting stars” — and, potentially,…
A prehistoric gold funeral mask from Java.QUICK FACTSName: Funeral maskWhat it is: A gold mask with a humanlike faceWhere it is from: Java, IndonesiaWhen it was…
The massive Nepal-Tibet flood on Aug. 26 showed just how devastating glacier-related disasters can be. As of Sept. 16, the event killed at least 1,400 people,…
More than two millennia ago, a ship carrying a wealth of iron sank in the Danube River in what is now Austria. Archaeologists have identified the…
Roman’s first test image shows hundreds of stars as green rings of light. After a few more months of tuning, it will capture images as crisp…
In movies and TV shows, it’s a popular motif: A dead Viking is placed on a boat, and it drifts slowly out to sea; from land,…
Scientists have built a DNA-powered computer that can perform calculations using billions of molecules in a tiny drop of water.The system taps into the laws of…
Astronomers suspect that a never-before-seen variation of a space-time phenomenon could explain an “impossible” black hole merger that has puzzled experts for years. But if their…
If your blond preteen seems to be turning into a brunette, you’re not imagining things. For some children, hair that starts out platinum blond gradually becomes…
