Who Ever Said No Two Snowflakes Were Alike?
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A physicist in California has engineered a method to make “identical twin” snowflakes. Published: […]
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International Space Station Transits Saturn
From low Earth orbit to the outer Solar System, this remarkable video frame composite follows the International Space […]
Telling Jewels From Junk in DNA
By CARL ZIMMER Some cellular DNA yields molecules that serve mysterious but important functions in the cell, new […]
The View Toward M101
Sweeping through northern skies, Comet Catalina (C/2013 US10) made its closest approach on January 17, passing about 6 […]
New Biggest Prime Number = 2 to the 74 Mil ...
By KENNETH CHANG A prime number is one that can be divided by only 1 and itself. A […]
California Said to Target Exxon in Climate Inquiry
By JOHN SCHWARTZ California appears to have joined New York in weighing Exxon Mobil’s honesty in admitting to […]
Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula
The eggs from this gigantic chicken may form into stars. The featured emission nebula, shown in scientifically assigned […]
Prehistoric Massacre Hints at War Among Hunter-Gatherers
By JAMES GORMAN A dig in Kenya has uncovered the remains of a slaughter from 10,000 years ago, […]
Ninth Planet May Exist in Solar System Beyond Pluto, Scientists ...
By KENNETH CHANG Two professors at the California Institute of Technology laid out an argument for the new […]
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, Scientists Say
By JUSTIN GILLIS The bulk of the record-setting heat, NASA and NOAA say, is from long-term planetary warming […]