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For 250 years, science, engineering, and medicine have been integral to the American experiment. They have helped the nation understand its land and resources, improve public health, strengthen its economy, expand opportunity, and confront challenges that no individual or institution could solve alone. In turn, public needs, national priorities, and democratic institutions have shaped the…
By cannibalizing their siblings in the womb or avoiding meat-eating pliosaurs, fearsome carnivores like the megalodon ballooned to proportions that would dwarf any shark alive today Riley Black | Science Correspondent July 27, 2026 2:22 p.m. A 52-foot-long model of a female Otodus megalodon is suspended from the ceiling at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural…
Extreme coastal flooding events are occurring far more frequently in our warming world than ever before, threatening countless communities that will only become more vulnerable as climate change intensifies. A recent study found that once-in-a-century flooding events now strike on our planet about once a decade. The study, published June 10 in the journal Nature…
Science word of the day: Abiogenesis Pronunciation: Ay-bye-oh-JEN’-ih-sis What it means: Abiogenesis is the emergence of life from nonliving matter through chemical processes. Scientists still don’t know exactly how abiogenesis happened on Earth. Theories range from lightning strikes that could have scrambled water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen into amino acids and sugars — the building…
Smartphones, electric vehicles, and countless portable electronics all depend on batteries. As demand for better energy storage grows, improvements in battery capacity, lifespan, and safety will play a major role in the future of electrification. One of the most promising technologies is the solid-state battery, which could allow smartphones to operate for several days on…
