The controversial exoplanet Fomalhaut b has been spotted, and it's even stranger than we'd thought.
By Shaunacy Ferro
Posted 01.09.2013 at 4:09 pm
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Barack Obama's second term should see the same focus on funding science and technology--although the budget ax is looming.
By Juliet Eilperin
Posted 01.09.2013 at 10:00 am
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Fireflies have a neat trick for conserving light. Turns out, it could work for LEDs, too.
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In 140 characters or less, the info that didn't get through peer review.
But Thalattoarchon saurophagis was slightly less adorable than a dolphin.
Your odds aren't as bad as you think, and some enthusiasm could put you over the brink.
China and India have different ambitions in space, but missions from both countries will help us better understand the cosmos.
By Valerie Ross
Posted 01.07.2013 at 9:00 am
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Including a gigantic airship, an abandoned Soviet theme park, and more
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Maybe we can all just agree on this one?
Well, not exactly. But new research suggests that communities with low "social capital" have 50 percent more traffic fatalities.
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Two statements on climate change will set the record straight--as long as nuanced differences from past reports aren't exaggerated.
By Curtis Brainard
Posted 01.04.2013 at 10:00 am
On command, Daddy's Girl Rose Etta II burns down--and burns through 800 gallons of propane.
By Taylor Kubota
Posted 01.03.2013 at 6:16 pm
Except when it's right. Unless you read both the right thing and the wrong thing. Or unless something's only half right. Existential crisis!
New techniques will circumvent ethical concerns, and maybe lead us to the medical holy grail.
By Clay Risen
Posted 01.03.2013 at 10:00 am
A new study shows how newborns can tell the difference between their native language and a foreign one.