Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs?
The invisible stuff that comprises a quarter of the universe could be more complex that previously thought.
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2015 Nobel Prizes: Mysteries of the Cosmos and Our DNA
This year’s crop of Nobel Prizes were unveiled this week, and the awards go to parasite-zapping drugs, a DNA repair kit, and the mystery of missing neutrinos.
4850 Feet Below: The Hunt for Dark Matter
Deep in an abandoned gold mine in rural South Dakota, a team of physicists hunt for rare and elusive quarry: dark matter.
Looking at Light for Signs of Dark Matter
This honeycomb-like array is helping scientists on their search for dark matter.
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A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Over 83 detective books, Agatha Christie killed hundreds of characters using poison, with great scientific accuracy.
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Mapping Out Neutrino Hotspots Here on Earth
Neutrinos form on our own planet and can be used to probe the deepest parts of the earth.
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Urban Ecosystems, Turing Nanopatterns, and Serving Sizes
Brandon Keim, a freelance science reporter, shares this week’s top science news.
The Origin Of The Word ‘Thermometer’
The term first appeared in an early “puzzle book” full of scientific brainteasers.
A Wave Break In The Clouds
These picturesque clouds reveal a particular kind of turbulence in the atmosphere.
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In a Mountain of Data, Signs of a New Class of Particles
Scientists working on CERN’s LHCb experiment report that they’ve found evidence of a so-called pentaquark particle.