For centuries, scientific progress has depended on more precise tools for measuring the world around us. Galileo’s telescope ...

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Bay Middle School sixth graders get ready, set, to go as they create unique pumpkin launchers for the 7th annual Punkin' ...

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For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the ...

Wei Jia Ong, a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been recognized as the recipient of the ...

The growing popularity of smart home technologies has led many common household items to be reimagined with convenience and automation in mind. Once manual, decorative, or otherwise static fixtures of ...

The US federal government has shut down after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill. Follow DW ...