Depending on the perspective one chooses, a theoretical calculation can describe observed physics more or less accurately. Back in 2015, Alessandro Toschi from the Institute of Solid State Physics at… [+5158 chars]
According to scientists, there is a one in six possibility that the planet could see a catastrophic volcanic eruption this century that would drastically alter the climate and endanger the lives of m… [+3006 chars]
Blue areas depict the largest and youngest craters including Karratha, the source of the Black Beauty meteorite.Credit: A. Lagain et al./Nature Commun. Machine learning locates meteorite source on M… [+3521 chars]
Newswise — Woods Hole, MA — The San Andreas Fault in California is renowned for its large and infrequent earthquakes. However, some segments of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) instead are characterized b… [+6773 chars]
Visual aids and other strategies make it possible to interview young autistic people with intellectual disability or other communication challenges and to draw out valuable responses for research pur… [+831 chars]
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The science of astronomy deals with the largest known objects in the universe. Although things like planets, stars, and even galaxies are unbelievably huge to us, they are dwarfed by the largest know… [+2055 chars]
Hubble's still got it. A Star Is Born NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be quite a bit older than its groundbreaking successor, but as an incredible new image of the Orion Nebula goes to show, it's… [+1656 chars]
We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools beyond images to understand nature at a deeper level. D… [+6363 chars]
Researchers in Argentina have discovered remains of a tiny, herbivorous dinosaur with protective spikes, suggesting the group it belongs to lived in a much wider area than originally thought. The di… [+2258 chars]
New research based on an expedition to the icy waters off Greenland reveals soaring levels of antifreeze proteins in a species of tiny snailfish, underlying the importance of this unique adaptation t… [+3302 chars]
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