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Scientists discovered 554-million-year-old fossils in China that reveal complex animals existed millions of years earlier than previously thought. The find transforms our understanding of how life evolved on Earth.
Scientists just solved one of security's toughest challenges with a scanner that can detect hidden explosives through clothing and packaging. The breakthrough combines light waves with AI to spot threats faster and safer than ever before.
African leaders gathered in Accra this week to turn a groundbreaking 2022 declaration into real action that could save thousands of civilian lives. When explosive weapons hit populated areas, 90% of victims are civilians, but experts say this harm is entirely preventable.
For the first time in nearly 20 years of searching, scientists have definitively detected gamma rays from a rare superluminous supernova, solving a cosmic mystery about what powers these exceptionally bright stellar explosions. The culprit: a newborn magnetar with the strongest magnetic field in the universe.
Somalia's Danab commandos discovered and secured a major cache of landmines and explosives hidden by militants in Middle Shabelle. The find came after the region was recently liberated from al-Shabab control.
For the first time, scientists witnessed the initial burst of a massive star's death 500 million light-years away, revealing surprising new details about how stars explode. The rare observation could help explain why some stellar explosions create gamma-ray bursts while others don't.
A particle of light from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang traveled 2 billion light years to Earth when physics says it should have been destroyed. Scientists may have solved the mystery using new physics that could unlock secrets of the universe.
Seven years after a devastating oil refinery explosion, a 1,300-acre Philadelphia site is being reborn as an innovation campus that could bring up to 19,000 permanent jobs to the city. The transformation includes a cancer treatment manufacturing facility and reduces the city's carbon emissions by 16%.
Scientists in China discovered tiny honeycomb fossils that finally prove bryozoans thrived during the Cambrian explosion, closing a 500-million-year gap in our understanding of early animal life. The exceptionally preserved soft tissues answer a question that has puzzled researchers for decades.
Astronomers discovered what could be a supernova remnant closer to our galaxy's central black hole than almost any other stellar explosion ever found. This cosmic discovery reveals how dying stars create the building blocks for future planets and life.
Scientists developed AI that predicts battery health and explosion risk across any electric vehicle or storage system without needing new training for each setup. The breakthrough could make EVs and renewable energy storage far safer and more efficient.
A tenth-grade dropout who started selling explosives to coal mines just built India's biggest defense manufacturing company and earned the nation's highest civilian honor. Satyanarayan Nuwal's journey proves that ambition and grit can trump formal education.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured stunning new images of the Crab Nebula, revealing how the remnants of a supernova witnessed in 1054 are still expanding at 3.4 million miles per hour. The images mark 25 years of tracking this cosmic explosion's evolution.
Scientists discovered radioactive stardust from an ancient supernova trapped in Antarctic ice, offering a cosmic time capsule into our solar system's journey through space. The finding helps explain how Earth collects debris from stellar explosions as we travel through interstellar clouds.
Los Angeles just opened three subway stations in an area once considered impossible to tunnel through due to explosive methane gas. Engineers used cutting-edge boring machines to safely dig through tarry, gas-filled ground that destroyed a department store in 1985.
South Korea's Presidential Security Service just earned a US patent for AI technology that can automatically spot explosives and dangerous chemicals in X-ray scans. The breakthrough could revolutionize security screening at airports and government buildings worldwide.
Just days after a rocket explosion grounded its fleet, China successfully completed back-to-back space missions, proving its space program's resilience. The launches included 24 internet satellites and a satellite for the United Arab Emirates.
East Carolina's baseball team just put on the most explosive offensive show in their coach's 10-year tenure, crushing William & Mary 24-3 with contributions from nearly every player in the lineup. The Pirates' 20-hit performance marked their best single-game total in 15 years.
A team of researchers just solved a 140-year mystery about an ancient supercontinent and discovered it may have triggered the explosion of life on our planet. Their finding connects buried mountain rocks across Asia to show Gondwana was 25% bigger than anyone thought.
Scientists in China discovered 700 fossils that push back the origin of complex life by millions of years. The find suggests the famous "Cambrian Explosion" may have been more of a slow burn than a sudden boom.
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