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Astronomers have discovered the farthest and oldest star ever seen, a dot of light that shined 12.9 billion years ago, or barely 900 million years after the…

Number theorists are always looking for hidden structure. And when confronted by a numerical pattern that seems unavoidable, they test its mettle, trying…

Human history is written in DNA. Where our ancestors lived and who they loved—the story is right there if we can see into their genes. The trouble is that…

The makers of Slackware Linux, the oldest Linux distribution…

Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous…

If you’re a diehard Apple fan and want to show it, then Caviar (a brand known for making custom iPhones) might have the handset for you, as its latest…

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), the oldest bank in Thailand, has announced a majority stake acquisition of Bangkok-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub. The…

Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of Star Trek fame - did it for real on Wednesday,…

It's official: after plenty of hype and a slight delay, William Shatner has become the oldest person to fly to space. The 90-year-old Star Trek icon was one…

British auction house Christie's is going to hold an auction for some of the oldest NFTs ever, and will be taking live bids in Ether (ETH) crypto tokens,…