Density Waves in Saturns Rings from Cassini
What causes the patterns in Saturn’s rings? The Cassini spacecraft, soon ending its 13 years orbiting Saturn, has […]
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With Snowflakes and Unicorns, Marina Ratner and Maryam Mirzakhani Explored ...
The legacies and achievements of two great mathematicians will dazzle and intrigue scholars for decades. Published: August 7, […]
No Need to Smell Fear: Dogs Have Other Reasons to ...
Despite conventional wisdom, no one knows if dogs can smell fear. But humans give them plenty of other […]
Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Inner Ring
Most galaxies don’t have any rings — why does this galaxy have two? To begin, the bright band […]
Let Forest Fires Burn? What the Black-Backed Woodpecker Knows by ...
A scientific debate is intensifying over whether too much money and too many lives are lost fighting forest […]
It’s Better to Swim Alone, Yet Together, if You’re a ...
Although they form chains to swim as a collective, these gelatinous marine organisms use uncoordinated strokes when not […]
Gravity s Grin
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, published over 100 years ago, predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And […]
Scorpions Are Ancient, but Some Species Are New to Science ...
Scorpion scientists have identified three new species among these ancient arachnids. Published: August 4, 2017 at 02:00AM from […]
Gene Editing for ‘Designer Babies’? Highly Unlikely, Scientists Say by ...
Fears that embryo modification could allow parents to custom order a baby with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s imagination or Usain […]
Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study ...
Researchers found that microwaving, boiling or throwing used sponges in the dishwasher encouraged the proliferation of its strongest […]