WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener.

In order to solve grade inflation and compression effectively, we must first figure out what the ideal grade distribution looks like, and to do that, we need to answer the question every student ...

China unveiled on Tuesday its first-ever national-level development program for medium- to long-term space science, which will guide the country's planning of space science missions and space ...

The program also outlines a roadmap for the development of space science in China through 2050. In the first phase, leading up to 2027, China will focus on the space station operation ...

on Instagram as she headed off to her first day of first grade. In the sweet snap, Ice (born Robert Van Winkle) can be seen smiling as he wears a hat and sunglasses while his little one leans on ...

The age-old question, “What came first, the chicken or the egg?" has puzzled people for centuries. While no definitive answer existed for a long time, evolutionary science offers an interesting ...

What this year’s Nobels can teach us about science and humanity ... Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who campaigned for the country to leave the United Kingdom, died at ...

Reform MPs have used their new platform in Parliament to attack climate action and cast doubt on climate science – in speeches in the House ... Deputy leader Richard Tice made his first speech to ...

In 1906, however, German astronomer Max Wolf discovered the first Trojan ... So astronomer Man-To Hui at Macau University of Science and Technology in China looked for previous images of the ...

KAIST researchers have become the first in the world to successfully develop ... This research was published in the scientific journal Science on October 3rd under the title "Photocatalytic ...

What does the rise of the AI Nobel mean for the future of science? “These prizes reflect two different ways of reckoning with the relationship between AI and science:… Receive a weekly dose of ...

The mother of a 7-year-old boy has filed a $350,000 lawsuit against the Tigard-Tualatin School District, claiming that the boy’s first-grade teacher struck him at least a half dozen times in ...