The American innovation that made millions of others possible

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

Science news this week: James Webb telescope finds a never-before-seen substance, China's 'Great Green Wall...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...
insider.si.edu

The computer book : from the abacus to artificial intelligence, 250 milestones in the history of computer science / Simson L. Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan

C. 2500 BCE: Sumerian abacus -- c. 700 BC: Scytale -- c. 150: Antikythera mechanism -- c. 60: Programmable robot -- c. 850: "On Deciphering Cryptographic Messages ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here’s How the Cells Don’t Become a Tangled Mess

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Earth Might Be Home to 20 Million Insect Species—More Than Three Times as Many as Previously Thought, a Study Suggests

Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that ...

America’s Time Capsule will be buried for 250 years. Here’s how to watch.

America’s Time Capsule is about to go underground until 2276. In honor of the United States’ 250th birthday, America250 will ...
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Science news: China's 'Great Green Wall' grows faster than natural trees, Medici murder mystery

July 4, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...
The Economist

Scientists take another step towards lab-made life

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...