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On Nov. 3, 1977, a new scientific revolution was heralded to the world — but it came cryptically, in slightly confused form. The front... Read More
A once-controversial approach to particle physics has entered the mainstream at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC's major ATLAS... Read More
A once-controversial approach to particle physics has entered the mainstream at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC's major ATLAS... Read More
Archaeologists have long known beer was important in the ancient world, but mainly from writings and drawings—finding actual... Read More
Since at least Dante, the poetic vision of destiny in the West has bound up together love and the heavens. In this sense our highest... Read More
Florida's Senate race, where incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson has been steadily losing ground to Republican Rick Scott,... Read More
At least some of the people who were buried at Stonehenge died and were cremated far from the site — probably in west Wales about 120... Read More
To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may... Read More
How bad is California's current fire season?Numbers don't seem to capture it. The Mendocino Complex Fire is the largest wildfire in... Read More
As our early ancestors began to walk on two legs, they would also have hung about in trees, using their feet to grasp branches.They walked... Read More
Around 8,200 years ago, melting glaciers poured fresh, cold water into the North Atlantic, causing the climate in Europe and Southwest Asia... Read More
Chris Ferrari was just 18 the first time he balanced a rocket launcher on his right shoulder and aimed it at a practice target."Your... Read More
A team of astronomers led by George Becker at the University of California, Riverside, has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years... Read More
In conjunction with researchers at Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) in Cottbus and the Department of Palliative Medicine at... Read More
The placenta has an essential and highly complex task: it must ensure the exchange of important substances between the mother and her unborn... Read More
A new uncertainty relation, linking the precision with which temperature can be measured and quantum mechanics, has been discovered at the... Read More
Brown fat tissue in the body can burn enormous amounts of energy to generate heat, and studies in humans and animals have suggested that... Read More
Sauna bathing is an activity used for the purposes of pleasure, wellness, and relaxation. Emerging evidence suggests that beyond its use for... Read More
“It's All Relative in West Virginia” read one. “West Virginia: No Lifeguard at the Gene Pool” read another.... Read More
Wrinkled skin and hair loss are hallmarks of aging. What if they could be reversed?Keshav Singh, Ph.D., and colleagues have done just that,... Read More
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An astronomical calling card, tentatively attributed to mysterious dark matter, seems likely to be due to a more mundane source.An unexplained glow of high-energy light from the center of the Milky Way, first spotted in 2009, raised scientists' hopes of better pinning down dark matter (SN: 11/20/10, p. 11). That unidentified substance has been detected so far only via its gravitational tug on othe Read More
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