She pointed to evidence that the Earth’s inner core was solid — not liquid, as scientists had believed — a discovery that was ahead of its time. Inge Lehmann in 1932. She overcame discrimination in ...

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James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ...

James Watson, the scientist who became famous for helping discover the structure of DNA in 1953 and notorious decades later for suggesting that Black people are intellectually inferior to whites, has ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic engineering, ...

In the summer of 1956, a group of academics—now we’d call them computer scientists but there was no such thing then—met on Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire to discuss how to make machines ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say intercellular nanotubes (thin, green-dominant bridge-like connections) contribute to additional layer of communicational network among neurons. Credit: ...

Iceland's frozen, inhospitable winters have long protected it from mosquitoes, but that may be changing. This week, scientists announced the discovery of three mosquitoes — marking the country's first ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...

Large binocular dissecting instrument with triple nosepiece. The stage is marked “SPENCER / BUFFALO / U.S.A.” and the arm is marked “242043.” This serial number indicates a date of 1945. This ...

100 years ago, this unlikely duo discovered the first cancer ‘germ.’ By Bill Gourgey Published Oct 4, 2025 12:00 PM EDT Image: Popular Science Composite Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...