Celebrating Lunar New Year and the Diversity of the World’s ...
Rather than a scientific given, calendars say a lot about the history and cultural values of the societies […]
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The Hummingbird as Warrior: Evolution of a Fierce and Furious ...
Winsomely captured in poems and song, the birds are yielding new secrets about their astounding beaks and penchant […]
Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter
Watch Juno zoom past Jupiter again. NASA‘s robotic spacecraft Juno is continuing on its 53-day, highly-elongated orbits around […]
The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic by ...
Scientists accelerated the update of a model of Earth’s fluctuating magnetic field, which is needed to keep navigational […]
Henize 70: A Superbubble in the LMC
Massive stars profoundly affect their galactic environments. Churning and mixing interstellar clouds of gas and dust, stars — […]
Many Children Are Overdoing It on the Toothpaste, C.D.C. Study ...
A new study found that nearly 40 percent of children ages 3 to 6 used more toothpaste than […]
An Airglow Fan from Lake to Sky
Why would the sky look like a giant fan? Airglow. The featured intermittent green glow appeared to rise […]
Flying Squirrels That Glow Pink in the Dark by VERONIQUE ...
While ultraviolet fluorescence is common in birds, butterflies and sea creatures, scientists haven’t often observed it in mammals. […]
You Flushed the Toilet. They Made Some Bricks. by JOANNA ...
Converting biosolids into building materials could keep a lot of leftovers of the waste process out of landfills, […]
Twin Galaxies in Virgo
Spiral galaxy pair NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 share this sharp cosmic vista with lonely elliptical galaxy NGC […]