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The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as...
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Feathered Dinosaur Gives Evolution Clues
A feathered dinosaur fossil about 12 inches long is older than bird-like dinosaurs from which birds are thought to...
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Magnetic ‘Braids’ May Cook the Sun’s Corona
Scientists have long puzzled over why the surface of the sun is cooler than its corona, the outer hazy...
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Learning to Love Grains, Potatoes Was Key to Evolution of Dogs
You know that dog biscuit shaped like a bone but made mostly of wheat? The fact that your dog...
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DNA Shows Ancient Humans Related to Asians and Native Americans
Researchers have been able to trace a line between some of the earliest modern humans to settle in China...
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Can Neanderthals Be Brought Back From the Dead?
In a SPIEGEL interview, synthetic biology expert George Church of Harvard University explains how DNA will become the building...
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Fermi Telescope May Turn Focus to Dark Matter
The Universe’s highest-energy light could finally yield clues to the nature of the “dark matter” that makes up some...
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Black Hole Collision May Have Irradiated Earth in Eighth Century
A study last year found unusually high levels of the isotope carbon-14 in ancient rings of Japanese cedar trees...
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Strongest Evidence Yet That Mars May Have Supported Life
Scientists believe they may have found the ‘strongest evidence yet’ that Mars may have supported life, but it’s unlikely...
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Astronomers Measure Nearby Universe’s ‘Cosmic Fog’
Researchers from the Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet have carried out the first measurement of the intensity of the diffuse extragalactic background...