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Which islands will become uninhabitable due to climate...
Climate change is raising sea levels, and many low-lying islands are at risk. But determining which communities will be first to leave...
The sun is blinding us to thousands of potentially lethal...
In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of infrared telescopes...
Maya warrior statue with serpent helmet discovered at Chichén...
During survey work ahead of a new railway, archaeologists found the statue of a Maya warrior wearing a serpent on his head.
Tiny galaxies that had their stars stolen could be a 'missing...
More than 100 observed galaxies are being disrupted and stripped of their outer layers, transforming them into fossil-dense, ultra-compact...
How do mountains form?
Mountains form in a variety of ways, some of which geologists are now just starting to understand.
The sun may be smaller than we thought
New calculations suggest the sun is a few fractions of a percent smaller than previously estimated, and that could change how we study...
'Refraction is then all there is to it': How Isaac Newton's...
In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball...
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'[He] attempted to study fertilization in frogs by fitting...
In the extract below taken from Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science (The University of Chicago Press,...
