Life Learned To Breathe Oxygen Hundreds of Millions of Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought

Oxygen is everywhere on Earth today. But that hasn’t always been the case. Scientists think oxygen only became a lasting part ...

Aerobic respiration began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, study suggests

Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 ...

Dual-atom platinum–ruthenium catalyst achieves efficient low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation

A research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an efficient, stable, atomic-scale catalyst for carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation. This ...
The Indianapolis Star

Powerball winning numbers December 15. Anyone win Powerball last night? Check Powerball numbers

No one won the Powerball jackpot in Monday night's drawing. Two tickets sold in Arizona and California matched five numbers to win $1 million each. The winning numbers for Monday, Dec. 15, were 23, 35 ...
USA Today

'Unknown Number: The High School Catfish' shocked viewers. Here’s what happened in the case.

Spoiler alert! This story discusses details in the documentary "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish." "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish" has been the talk of social media since dropping on ...
Engadget

How to perform a reverse phone number lookup

In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a ...
Scientific American

This Number System Beats Binary, But Most Computers Can’t Use It

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...
Taste of Country

Want to Win the Lottery? These Powerball + Mega Millions Numbers Have Hit the Most

Feel like your bank account could use a boost? You’re not alone — and luckily, National Lottery Day (July 17) gives all of us a reason to chase the dream. New analysis by VegasInsider reveals the most ...
Popular Mechanics

Mathematicians Say There’s a Number So Big, It’s Literally the Edge of Human Knowledge

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Busy Beaver number, or BB(n), represents a mathematical problem that tries to calculate the longest possible run-time of a Turing machine ...
New Scientist

Mathematicians are chasing a number that may reveal the edge of maths

Amateur mathematicians are closing in on an unimaginably huge number – one so large that it brushes up on the edge of what is even knowable within the framework of modern mathematics. It all stems ...
Science News

There’s no cheating this random number generator

If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket. But how can ...