Tom Kibble, Physicist Who Helped Discover the Higgs Mechanism, Dies ...
By STEPH YIN Although Dr. Kibble was not awarded the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the discovery […]
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Dark Dunes on Mars
How does wind affect sand on Mars? To help find out if it differs significantly from Earth, the […]
The Otherworldly Polka Dots of Spotted Lake
By JOANNA KLEIN As British Columbia dries out every summer, most of Spotted Lake’s water evaporates, leaving hundreds […]
How Mountains Obscured by Venus’s Clouds Reveal Themselves
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Data from Europe’s Venus Express spacecraft has helped researchers better understand the hurricane-like winds […]
Updated Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 New Regions
By CARL ZIMMER Data from 1,200 brain scans performed as part of the Human Connectome Project allowed researchers […]
Color the Universe
Wouldn’t it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical […]
Global Temperatures Are on Course for Another Record This Year
By HENRY FOUNTAIN While El Niño may be partially behind rising temperatures, NASA says greenhouse gases are the […]
Old Teeth Tell New Stories About People Who Didn’t Get ...
By JOANNA KLEIN Researchers discovered a permanent record of vitamin D deficiency in old teeth that could provide […]
An Unintended Summer Morsel
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY If the ants that infest my kitchen in summer are inadvertently swallowed, are they […]
A Dreaded Forecast for Our Times: Algae, and Lots of ...
By MATT RICHTEL Projections of potentially dangerous and costly algal blooms may become as common as weather reports, […]