07Oct 16
Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, it was announced this month. Ohsumi is a cell biologist. His experiments with yeast cells helped scientists…
09Mar 16
Creator of modern email has died
Ray Tomlinson, widely credited as the creator of modern email, died this week at age 74. Long before the Internet was a vital part of daily life, Tomlinson was working for…
15Feb 16
What sound does a black hole make? Einstein’s theory is confirmed
On February 11, a team of scientists announced that they heard the sound of two black holes colliding. This sound was the first proof that gravitational waves exist, something that…
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