60 years of ‘Star Trek’: The colorful origins of the rainbow warp effect
You've all seen it dozens of times, in banners, posters, trailers, and intro title sequences,…
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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis
Treponema pallidum bacteria cause diseases including syphilisScience Photo Library / Alamy Traces of a bacterium…
A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life
In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for…
Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins
People of the Karo tribe looking over the Omo River Valley in EthiopiaMichael Honegger/Alamy This…
The Mysterious Origins of the Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected
In February 2023, a cosmic particle detector housed deep in the Mediterranean Sea recorded the…
Science Reveals the Surprising Origins of the Potato
There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories…
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Exploring Solar System Origins, Is Back on Track after Thrusters Lost Power
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft, Exploring Solar System Origins, Is Back on Track after Thrusters Lost PowerThis…
James Webb Space Telescope unveils fiery origins of a distant, hellish exoplanet
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered the tumultuous history of a…
Chimpanzees Keep the Beat—And May Hold the Key to Human Musical Origins
Ever wonder if your favorite music beat has anything in common with animal sounds? Scientists…
