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Jupiter's Hot Youth May Have Melted Its Icy Moons
about 3 years ago
A gas giant planet’s youthful glow could explain major differences between its...
People Differ Widely in Their Understanding of Even a Simple Concept Such as the Word 'Penguin'
about 3 years ago
We think about what a penguin is like in dozens of different...
Who Invented the Measurement of Time?
about 3 years ago
The first timekeeping devices were probably natural materials lost to the ages...
Japanese Moon Landing Attempt Falls Short as Spacecraft Goes Silent
about 3 years ago
With an apparent crash, the HAKUTO-R mission from the private space exploration...
A Rare Glimpse into Afghanistan's Spectacular, Vanishing Forests
about 3 years ago
Afghanistan’s rare and majestic woodlands can’t shake the echoes of war, desperation...
Is Time Travel Possible?
about 3 years ago
The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become...
Deadly African Drought Wouldn't Have Happened without Climate Change
about 3 years ago
A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn...
Physicists See 'Strange Matter' Form inside Atomic Nuclei
about 3 years ago
New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form...
50,000 Worms Tangled Up in a Ball Unravel in an Explosive Burst when a Predator Appears
about 3 years ago
California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot...
What Makes a Mammal? 423,000 Newly Identified DNA Regions Guide Our Genes
about 3 years ago
These elements, dubbed “UNICORNs,” sit close to genes that affect smell, sleep...
The Lifesaving Sled Dog Balto Had Genes unlike Those of Dog Breeds Today
about 3 years ago
The genome of the 1920s Siberian husky Balto suggests that greater genetic...
This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rights
about 3 years ago
The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to...