QUICK FACTSMilestone: Discovery of penicillinDate: Sept. 28, 1928Where: St Mary’s Hospital, LondonWho: Scottish microbiologist Alexander FlemingOn Sept. 28, 1928, Alexander…
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Around 30,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer left behind what may be a “personal toolkit” in what is now the Czech…
Quick factsWhat it is: Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloudWhere it is: 25,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation SagittariusWhen…
If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because…
OpenAI’s latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up — known in…
We were once promised self-driving cars and robot maids. Instead, we’ve seen the rise of artificial intelligence systems that can…
The age of exoplanets began in 1992, when astronomers detected a pair of planets orbiting a pulsar. Then, in 1995,…
QUICK FACTSMilestone: Rosetta stone decipheredDate: Sept. 27, 1822Where: ParisWho: French philologist Jean-François ChampollionOn Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion…
The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Socrates challenging a student with the “doubling the square” problem in about 385 B.C.E.…
This week’s science news has been dominated by medical marvels, with the announcement of a breakthrough gene therapy that has…