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The bones of a mammoth and calf recently uncovered in New Mexico show signs of butchering, an exciting find that could help refine estimates of when humans first populated the Americas. The specimen… [+3094 chars]
The Polaris Dawn mission has a December launch target. Commander and billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who will command the private Polaris Dawn mission on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, made … [+2890 chars]
A striking new proof in quantum computational complexity might best be understood with a playful thought experiment. Run a bath, then dump a bunch of floating bar magnets into the water. Each magnet … [+8478 chars]
The skies of Nelson were clear enough on Thursday evening for some residents to see a large bright green meteor flash across the sky (Provider: Greg Price) Goodness, gracious. Green balls of fire ar… [+2763 chars]
On first glance, it looks like this giant crater has been left after a colossal hand punched down and gouged out tonnes of earth. The gigantic holepunch which is a 50,000-year-old meteor crater was … [+2432 chars]
Dark matter remains frustratingly elusive. We have not seen any direct detection in any of our laboratory experiments, and at cosmic scales we only have circumstantial evidence that it exists. Now,… [+4878 chars]
© Reiko Matsushita Radiation residue from the Big Bang, distorted by dark matter 12 billion years ago. Reiko Matsushita Scientists have now glimpsed the distribution of dark matter around galaxies… [+7948 chars]
Dark matter remains frustratingly elusive. We have not seen any direct detection in any of our laboratory experiments, and at cosmic scales we only have circumstantial evidence that it exists. Now,… [+4878 chars]
Comment on this story An ordinary lightning bolt can be startling enough, but researchers are unlocking the secrets behind a rarely observed species of electrical discharge called gigantic jets. The… [+4808 chars]
A popular stop-motion sheep is about to go from Mossy Bottom Farm to the moon. Shaun, the title character from the animated television series "Shaun the Sheep," has been assigned a space on NASA's A… [+3775 chars]
