Extremely Large, Extremely Expensive: The Race for the Next Giant ...
Even as astronomers await a verdict on construction of a huge telescope on Mauna Kea, they are still […]
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Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like? by STEPH ...
Paintings by artists over centuries have consistently underestimated the number of root-like veins in a lightning strike, researchers […]
The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
Salmonella Outbreak That Sickened 60 Is Linked to Pre-Cut Melons ...
Packages of fruit have been recalled in eight states, but over half of the reported illnesses have been […]
This Device Helps Fish Make It Out of the Twilight ...
A portable decompression chamber helps scientists protect fish from injury when they are brought to the ocean’s surface. […]
Countryside Mars and Milky Way
Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth’s sky. Seen with a yellowish hue it rises over the hills […]
Why Guatemala’s Volcano Has Been More Deadly Than Hawaii’s by ...
Not all volcanoes are created equal: Some types pose a far greater hazard to life than others. Published: […]
Fermi Science Playoffs
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit on June 11th, 2008. Its instruments detect gamma-rays — […]
Do Bees Know Nothing? by JAMES GORMAN
Researchers say bees understand the concept of nothing, or zero. But do we understand what that means? Published: […]
Life on Mars? Rover’s Latest Discovery Puts It ‘On the ...
The identification of organic molecules in rocks on the red planet does not necessarily point to life there, […]