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Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.

US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope

“The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years ago. Instead, the agency issued a solicitation for …

Scientists explain magnetic pole’s wanderings

“It’s shifted in recent years away from Canada towards Siberia. And this rapid movement has required more frequent updates to navigation systems, including those that operate the mapping functions in smartphones. A team, led from Leeds University, says the …

Mysterious number 6174

“The number 6174 is a really mysterious number. At first glance, it might not seem so obvious. But as we are about to see, anyone who can subtract can uncover the mystery that makes 6174 so special. Kaprekar’s operation …

World’s highest and India’s largest gamma-ray telescope to go live in Ladakh this year

“Placed at 4,300 m above sea level in Hanle, Ladakh, MACE is also the world’s second largest gamma-ray telescope, with a 21-m-diameter dish. India’s largest and the world’s highest gamma-ray telescope is set to go live …

A recipe for beating the record of most-calculated digits of pi

“Today, March 14, is Pi Day (3.14). Here at Google, we’re celebrating the day with a new milestone: A team at Google has broken the Guinness World Records title for most accurate value of pi. Whether or not …

World’s oldest periodic table chart found in St Andrews

“A periodic table chart discovered at the University of St Andrews is thought to be the oldest in the world. The chart of elements, dating from 1885, was discovered in the University’s School of Chemistry in 2014 by Dr …

Mersenne Prime Number discovery - 2^82589933-1 is Prime!

“The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered the largest known prime number, 282,589,933-1, having 24,862,048 digits. A computer volunteered by Patrick Laroche made the find on December 7, 2018. Patrick is one of thousands …

Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica’s Ice, and They Might Shatter Modern Physics

“There’s something mysterious coming up from the frozen ground in Antarctica, and it could break physics as we know it. Physicists don’t know what it is exactly. But they do know it’s some sort of cosmic ray …

How a Student Took a Photo of a Single Atom

“The award-winning long-exposure photograph captures a positively charged atom suspended in an ion trap. Sometimes, all it takes to capture a great photo is a DSLR camera, a microscopic atom, and a curious Ph.D. candidate. David Nadlinger, who traps …

FedEx employee from Tennessee discovers largest known prime number

“A FedEx employee from Tennessee has made mathematical history with the discovery of the largest known prime number. Jonathan Pace, a 51-year-old engineer living in Germantown, Tennessee, discovered the number after running a special piece of computational software for six …