In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a...

Long before the digital age, trust in the written word was a cornerstone of human interaction. In ancient societies, scribes painstakingly copied documents onto papyrus or...

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Da Hongfei is the founder of NEO (formerly known as Antshares), a blockchain platform for distributed apps. He is also the founder and CEO...

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With advances in technology, new ways to create engaging stories are emerging. AI Story Generators can produce large amounts of creative content in a...

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An almost 300-year-old violin that was played by the great virtuoso Niccolò Paganini has been studied at the European Synchrotron, the ESRF. As one of...

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