Research Indicates Unexpected, Illegal Production of Several Ozone-Depleting Chemicals in Recent Years

The Nebra Sky Disk: Is this circular copper plate really the world’s oldest star map, dating back to the Bronze Age some 3,600 years ago? Or is instead a bait-and-switch from the Iron Age that looters lied about?

Americans took far more prebiotics and probiotics in 2018 than in preceding years, and this marked increase in the use of supplements and other products was likely motivated by a growing public interest in gut microbiome health, according to researchers with the National Institutes of Health.

Astrophysicists launch DESI, the largest sky survey yet. The mission will last five years with the goal of mapping 30 million galaxies. "We are acquiring redshifts from galaxies 100 times fainter than what we targeted with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, just 20 years ago.”