More than 200 years ago, Count Rumford showed that heat isn’t a mysterious substance but something you can generate endlessly ...

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The findings, published in the academic journal Science on Friday, reshape human understanding of how water is stored and ...

Scientists have just unveiled a radically different way to cool our world—without gases, compressors, or climate guilt.

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This holiday season is looking gloomy for people in search of temporary retail jobs. Hiring for those positions is expected to be the weakest in 15 years. But retail, of course, isn’t the only ...

Penn State has a chance to turn its topsy-turvy 2025 season all the way around this weekend at Rutgers and earn an improbable bowl bid with a win. That, however, is quite far from what’s on most fans’ ...

In the summer of 1956, a group of academics—now we’d call them computer scientists but there was no such thing then—met on Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire to discuss how to make machines ...

At just 13 years old, Kevin Tang is establishing himself in the world of science and senior care − all with the goal of keeping his grandma safe. Kevin's device isn't wearable. Instead, users set up ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...