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A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways.

Astronomers around the world will have immediate access to early data from specific science observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which will be completed within the first five months of ...

Franklin studied electricity and proved lightning’s electrical nature with a key and kite. Franklin made groundbreaking discoveries in his study of electricity. He wrote up his observations and ...

Recent advances in cometary science have yielded unprecedented insights into the composition, dynamics and evolution of cometary nuclei and their surrounding comae. Studies now demonstrate that comets ...

This article is republished, at the author's request, from the American Journal of Science for July. Some future numbers will contain a communication from Dr. Tully, prepared for this Journal, giving ...