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Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still ‘Barely Alive’

Opening the Sediment Core Hans Røy opens a sediment core. Continue reading

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Buried Since the Jurassic Era, Ocean Microbes Are Still ‘Barely Alive’

Opening the Sediment Core Hans Røy opens a sediment core. Continue reading

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Phineas Gage, Neurology’s Most Interesting Case, Gets His Head Re-Examined With a New Neural Map

Getting Inside Phineas Gage’s Head Copyright John Darrell Van Horn and the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, 2012 Scientists are getting another chance to get inside Phineas Gage’s head. Continue reading

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PopSci Q&A: NASA Just Gave You A Telescope. What Will You Look At First?

Galaxy Evolution Explorer NASA For the first time, NASA turns over the reins to a functioning spacecraft If you follow NASA at all, you know the agency has had some funding troubles of late, forcing changes to its manned spaceflight and Mars exploration programs . Continue reading

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Video: MIT’s Latest User Interface Employs Gravity-Defying, Levitating Metal Orbs

ZeroN MIT Media Lab The future of user interfaces seems to be gesture-based, at least if one simply looks at where research dollars are flowing and what products–yes, like the Kinect–are coming to market. Continue reading

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Don’t listen to advice, and other advice from Nobel laureates

Top scientists share stories with finalists at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Continue reading

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"Map of Life" Shows the Location of All Organisms, Large and Small

Ever wonder exactly where grizzly bears live on this continent? Continue reading

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Infographic: The New Planetary Habitability Index

Planetary Habitability Index Katie Peek Astronomers often estimate the habitability of extrasolar planets and moons based mostly on their temperatures and distance from the nearest star. Continue reading

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The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, May 7-11, 2012

Hello Baby Elephant Sean Gallup/Getty Images This week, we have beautiful jewel caterpillars that look like they were sculpted out of slick crystal, a massive architectural concept inspired by Twitter, artist’s concepts of super Earths and black holes, but really, it’s all about this guy. Continue reading

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Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers

Beam Us Up Teleportation doesn’t work for humans – yet – but it works over long distances, a new study reports. Continue reading

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