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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record by developing the world's most accurate clock, ...
With decades of experience in national security, Jill Hruby joins the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board to help confront ...
Several things affect Earth’s spinning speed. The Moon is one of them. When it’s far from Earth’s equator, our planet spins a ...
While quantum breakthroughs often sound futuristic, financial institutions are already exploring practical applications. From ...
On July 9, 2025, the Earth made one of the fastest rotations in recent years - a day shortened by 1.3 milliseconds compared ...
Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and ...
The second law of thermodynamics demands that if we want to make a clock more precise – thereby reducing the disorder, or entropy, in the system – we must add energy to it. Any increase in energy, ...
The UK, France, and Germany are considering reinstating UN sanctions on Iran by August if nuclear deal progress stalls.
Texas A&M researchers developed a water-based adhesive that grips skin better with sweat—without irritation or rashes.
Inspired by California blackworms, Harvard’s new swarm robot tangles, moves, and thinks like a living blob, on land and in water.
This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson and One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford.
A March 9-10 fire raid on the capital of Tokyo killed 100,000 people, the deadliest air raid in human history, a toll worse than Hiroshima or Nagasaki. It — and subsequent raids — destroyed about 60% ...