How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
The Mountaineer

Shining Rock students go bananas for Astro Chimps

Shining Rock Classical Academy’s sixth-grade science classroom buzzed with excitement as students welcomed two special guests ...
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DOE Should Develop AI-Based Foundation Models Fused with Traditional Computational Methods to Bring Paradigm Shift to Scientific Discovery

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines how the U.S. Department of Energy could use foundation models for scientific research, and finds ...
Psychology Today

Scientific Thinking in the Digital Age

In today’s polarized digital landscape, disagreement often leads to division rather than dialogue. But what if scientific thinking could help us navigate online noise, challenge our assumptions, and ...
The Atlantic

Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...
TechRepublic

Inventory Accounting: Methods & How It Works

Learn what inventory accounting is, how it works, and key methods like FIFO, LIFO, and WAC. Includes real-world examples, tips, and best practices. I like to think of inventory accounting like ...
Space.com

Astronomers discover mystery cosmic body bursting with X-rays: 'This object is unlike anything we have seen before'

"This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of ...
EurekAlert!

Configuration design method of mega constellation for low earth orbit observation

Satellite constellation has been applied in communication, reconnaissance, navigation, and other space missions, such as GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Starlink, etc. With the rapid development of Low Earth ...
Forbes

The Scientific Method Vs. AI: Is There Still Room For Theory?

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...
The New York Times

The Quest for A.I. ‘Scientific Superintelligence’

An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery. An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge ...
NPR

Scientific Method: Questioning Quantum Mechanics

Unless you're a physicist, you've probably only encountered quantum mechanics on TV. And even when it was explained, you might've still been a little confused. The field of quantum mechanics was ...