Gravitational Anomalies of Mercury
What’s that under the surface of Mercury? The robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that had been orbiting planet Mercury for […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
AM Showers for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 17°C and a low of […]
Daily Activity Summary for May 5, 2015
These are the results of my activities* for May 5, 2015: Total steps: 6327 Calories burned: 2308 Traveled: […]
Astronomers Measure Distance to Farthest Galaxy Yet
By DENNIS OVERBYE The exceptionally luminous galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, is already about one-sixth as massive as the Milky Way […]
Review: Paul Offit’s ‘Bad Faith’ Explores Casualties of Doctrine
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. Dr. Paul A. Offit writes about the costs of substituting prayer for medical care, […]
Trying to Stay Ahead of Earthquake Disasters
By KENNETH CHANG A nonprofit, GeoHazards International, helps developing countries prepare for earthquakes and save lives in places […]
Making Sense of the Chemistry That Led to Life on ...
By NICHOLAS WADE Researchers are nearing a better understanding of the chemical reactions that created life on the […]
Last Mammoths Spent Final Years on Solitary Island
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR In addition to isolation, new genetic information suggested that inbreeding also played a role in […]
African Diet May Lead Away From Colon Cancer
By SINDYA N. BHANOO To study the effects, researchers asked African-American and South African volunteers to swap diets […]
Birth? Trivial Next to Cellular Doughnut-Making Process
By JAMES GORMAN Scientists have made a time-lapse recording that shows for the first time in three dimensions […]