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First light for ExoMars
ExoMars first light - annotated. Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS
The ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars spacecraft are in excellent health following launch last month, with the orbiter sending back its...
Elusive state of superconducting matter discovered after 50 years
A schematic image representing a periodic variation in the density of Cooper pairs (pairs of blue arrows pointing in opposite directions) within a cuprate...
Zika causes microcephaly and other birth defects, CDC concludes
A comparison of a typical head size for a baby and a baby with microcephaly. Credit: CDC
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and...
Spectacular concentration of galaxies known as the Fornax Cluster
The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest of such groupings beyond our Local Group of galaxies. This new VLT Survey Telescope image...
Device allows paralyzed man to swipe credit card, perform other movements
Swiping a credit card was something Ian Burkhart, 24, never thought he would do again. Burkhart was paralyzed from the shoulders down after a...
Prehistoric peepers give vital clue in solving 300 million year old ‘Tully Monster’
This is an image of the 'Tully Monster' fossil and 'meatball' and 'sausage' melanosomes. Credit: University of Leicester
A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has...
How LSD can make us lose our sense of self
When people take the psychedelic drug LSD, they sometimes feel as though the boundary that separates them from the rest of the world has...
What causes déjà vu?
You walk into a room and suddenly your brain goes fuzzy with an overwhelming wave of familiarity -- although this is a totally new...
Caravaggio: Painting Thought to Be Made by Italian Artist Found in Family Attic Near...
A detail of a painting entitled "Judith Beheading Holofernes" is pictured during its presentation in Paris, France, April 12, 2016, that might have been...
Rising carbon dioxide levels reduce protein in crucial pollen source for bees
Bees rely on goldenrod pollen as a food source, but it's less nutritious than it used to be due to rising CO2 levels, a...
Simulating carbon dioxide saturation in rocks gives potential breakthrough in carbon capture, storage
Chematic of a sandstone sample receiving CO2 injection, indicating the difference in detail in the simple typical model (left) and the more realistic digital...
