Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

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Trofim Lysenko rose to power by promising Stalin a miracle: crops that would grow faster, bigger, and stronger without modern ...

I experimented with decarburizing iron for stronger metal crafting. Adjusting carbon content improved durability and usability.

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These days, when people hear the word neocons, they tend to think of Republicans who supported the Iraq War. But the ...

You may not know Paul Henare, but if you've watched games recently, you've seen a beloved strategy of his in action.

You may not know Paul Henare, but if you've watched games recently, you've seen a beloved strategy of his in action.

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The intensity of a volcanic eruption is shaped by how many gas bubbles develop ...

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The Science Museum is giving Londoners an early Christmas present this year: a one-night-only late opening on Friday 12 ...