Cassini’s Grand Finale: A Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings
By DENNIS OVERBYE The spacecraft is set to venture into the gap between Saturn and its innermost ring […]
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Sunny for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 15°C and a low of […]
NGC 4302 and NGC 4298
Seen edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 4302 (left) lies about 55 million light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma […]
Daily Activity Summary for April 20, 2017
These are the results of my activities* for April 20, 2017: Total steps: 7783 Calories burned: 2585 Traveled: […]
Daily Activity Summary for April 20, 2017
These are the results of my activities* for April 20, 2017: Total steps: 7641 Calories burned: 2576 Traveled: […]
No Oxygen? The Naked Mole Rat Might Not Care
By JAMES GORMAN Naked mole rats flip a metabolic switch to last for hours in oxygen levels that […]
Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points ...
By CARL ZIMMER A groundbreaking study has found that genetic variations in mice are linked to parental care […]
A New Exoplanet May Be Most Promising Yet in Search ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE The planet, about 40 light years from Earth, is close enough that astronomers hope they […]
Asteroid Misses Earth Narrowly, by Cosmic Standards
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH The asteroid, 2014 JO25, which is approximately 2,000 feet end-to-end, was about 1.1 million […]
Broke a Glass? Someday You Might 3-D-Print a New One
By STEPH YIN Researchers think 3-D printing may make it cheaper and easier to create glass objects, from […]