Science & Technology

– Manuscript – Astronomers have discovered what appear to be huge galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang. The findings suggest the early universe may have quickly produced these extremely large galaxies. The new James Webb Space Telescope has seen even older galaxies, dating to within 300 million years of the beginning of the universe. But it is … [Read more...] about Webb Telescope Discovers Huge Galaxies Dating Back 600 Million Years

– Manuscript – A team of Russian scientists recently examined something extremely unusual: the frozen body of a brown bear that lived thousands of years ago. The cold preserved the body almost perfectly in the frozen lands of eastern Siberia for almost 3,500 years. Maxim Cheprasov is the laboratory chief at the Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory at the North-Eastern … [Read more...] about Scientists Study Brown Bear Frozen for 3,500 Years

– Manuscript – A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Stories of people and dolphins working together to catch fish go back thousands of years. But historians and storytellers have told the human side of the story. Until recently, it has been impossible to know how dolphins have benefited from the relationship. Now, sonar and … [Read more...] about Humans, Dolphins Working Together to Fish

– Manuscript – Researchers in Norway say they have found what they believe is the world’s oldest runestone – a stone with ancient writing on it. Runes are the characters in several Germanic alphabets. These characters were used in northern Europe from ancient times until the change to the Latin alphabet. The exact origin of runic writing is unclear. The Norwegian … [Read more...] about Researchers Discover World’s Oldest Runestone

– Manuscript – Scientists said this week that they used a high-powered laser to change the direction of lightning strikes for the first time. The laser was aimed at the sky atop Mount Santis in northeastern Switzerland. Lightning is a powerful electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground, within a cloud or between clouds. It kills thousands of people and causes … [Read more...] about Scientists Use Laser to Redirect Lightning Strikes