Does playing your favorite music affect your mood? The benefits of music on the mind have been researched for a long time, and one teen scientist has won an award for an invention that combines music and mental health. Sarah… Read More
Many classical music composers over history had pieces of music that were left unfinished. Beethoven is among those who had an incomplete piece of music. But artificial intelligence (AI) could come to the rescue and satisfy the desire for more… Read More
If you’re a science fiction fan, then the idea of being able to go into space is probably thrilling. Recently, Star Trek’s William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on the original 1960s television series, became the oldest person, at 90,… Read More
A new study shows that the city of Tall el-Hammam, in the Jordan Valley, was destroyed by a cosmic event 3,600 years ago. The timing and description of the event match the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible…. Read More
The Nobel Prize is given out annually to those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind” during the previous year. The categories are Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who invented dynamite, left… Read More
Scientists, researchers, and many more have wondered who were the first people to arrive in America? It appears a 2009 discovery in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, is suggesting a timeline of around 23,000 years ago, during the time… Read More
Volcanoes are some of nature’s most dramatic landmarks. Recently, volcanic eruptions have been gaining attention on islands around the world. Kilauea Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is one of the most active in the world. Now, it’s erupting – but luckily the… Read More
Politics can influence so many areas of life – even things you might not expect, like weights and measures. In the United Kingdom, the British government has said that traditional imperial weights and measures may be making a comeback to… Read More
The first private “amateur astronaut” team to launch into space and orbit Earth has successfully completed its trip. The Inspiration4 mission is the first chartered space flight that launched humans into space, but with no professional astronauts. It was run… Read More
Dogs have always been a human’s best friend: they are loyal, playful, can whiff out explosives, and help find missing people. But researchers now say these loyal canines can tell whether humans have the same good intentions for them. In… Read More
The United Nations announced that the world has said goodbye to leaded gasoline – or petrol, as it’s called in many other parts of the world. Almost 20 years ago, the U.N.’s Environment Programme (UNEP) started a campaign to expel… Read More
Over the last decade, young people have increased their use of technology. To keep kids entertained, parents hand them a phone, iPad, computer, or tablet with games, eBooks, or videos. This generation of kids growing up with handy technology is… Read More
