Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical ...

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Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color.

The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

It comes as Peter Shea, the author of “The Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds,” announced a new edition of his local best-seller. Now in its second edition, the new atlas offers up-to-date GPS ...

A New Hampshire man says he was detained for hours at the northern border while returning from a weekend trip to Canada. If you live in Chittenden County, the Champlain Water District is asking ...

Five people have been able to perceive a colour never before seen by human eyes, after researchers used lasers and tracking ...

A former New York City police sergeant was sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday over his 2023 conviction for acting as an illegal Chinese agent. Michael McMahon was charged with being ...

Williams, former Star Tribune books editor. Free; registration at magersandquinn.com. Forensic psychologist Weber gives us a sort-of sequel to last year’s “Scandal of Vandals” in his new ...

The book uses history and philosophy to explore how to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Members of the incoming Class ...

O’Hare International Airport ranked among the busiest U.S. airports last year, despite falling short of its pre-pandemic numbers. According to a 2024 study by Airports Council International ...

The 18-year-old won $250,000 for training a machine learning model to analyze understudied data from NASA's retired NEOWISE telescope ...