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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,...
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope finds a secret...
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the most detailed image so far of the Crab Nebula, a gorgeous supernova remnant of a star...
Gum leaf skeletonizer: The venomous 'Mad Hatterpillar'...
Rather than throw its old head cases away, the gum leaf skeletonizer wears them like a hat to protect itself from predators.
NASA's most wanted: The 5 most dangerous asteroids in the...
What asteroids pose the greatest risk of hitting Earth, how probable is an impact, and how much destructive power would such collisions...
Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting...
If a mile-wide asteroid is discovered hurtling toward Earth, our survival might depend on launching 1,000 spacecraft — or one well-placed...
Consciousness can't be explained by brain chemistry alone,...
We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain.
