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Pound hits lowest since November against stronger dollarThe pound has hit its lowest level against the US dollar since last November, as the falling oil price…

Oil hits highest level since US-Iran ceasefire beganThe oil price has hit its highest level since the US and Iran agreed a ceasefire more than two…

In 1918 Katharine Burr Blodgett arrived at the General Electric Company’s legendary research laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., a facility known as the “House of Magic.” She…

How does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket,…

Vegetables, in my experience, rarely cause controversy. Yet last month I found myself in the middle of a legal storm over who gets to own the…

When Maheen found a brand-new Dyson Airwrap for the bargain price of £260 on the resale website Vinted, she was thrilled. The seller’s reviews were all…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. We’re wrapping up our week of summer reruns with one of my absolute favorite Science Quickly…