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It took nearly 6,400 years to go from the simple wheel to the first automobile, but only two decades from the first car to roll off the assembly line to the first aircraft to take to the skies. Such rapid developments in quality of life can only be attributed to the human spirit, an unstoppable force always in pursuit of improvement. Join Modern Sciences in celebrating the spirit of human ingenuity through its engineering feats.
65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy
NASA’s missions have inspired generations of young people to pursue the sciences. Patrick Semansky/AP Stephen G. Alexander, Miami…
New Research Shows Natural Substance Shields Coral from Climate Change Damage
In a groundbreaking study published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, scientists from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia…
Orphaned Elephants in Botswana Help Unlock the Secrets of Mammoth Hybrids
US biotech startup Colossal is pursuing an ambitious mission to revive the extinct woolly mammoth, which hasn’t walked…
Scientists Found a Gene Mutation Linked to ‘Weeping’ Apple Tree Architecture
Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in plant genetics that could revolutionize apple tree cultivation. In a recent…
Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research
The European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Dave M Hunt Photography/Shutterstock Harry Thatcher, Aberystwyth University and David Wilcockson, Aberystwyth University…
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Fotoz by David G/Shutterstock Sreehari Perumanath, University of Warwick Nature is inspiring scientists all the time. Some ideas…
Côte d’Ivoire is launching its first satellite for Earth observation – and it’s locally made
Illustration of a view of Africa from space. Getty Images David Baratoux, Institut de recherche pour le développement…
Fungi could be the next frontier in fire safety
Shutterstock Tien Huynh, RMIT University; Everson Kandare, RMIT University, and Nattanan Chulikavit, RMIT University Australia is no stranger…
Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US
Flood damage in Edenville, Mich., after a dam failed on May 19, 2020. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio Hiba Baroud,…
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning Revolutionizes Drug Discovery
Gero, a biotech company focused on aging and longevity, has conducted research demonstrating the potential of quantum computing…