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Space Photos of the Week: There’s Nothing Like the Sun
You’re gonna need shades for this one.
Expect More Interstellar Visitors Like ’Oumuamua
We live in a galaxy teeming with wandering tiny worlds, and some astronomers predict they’ll be detecting them at least once per year.
Permafrost Is Thawing So Fast, It’s Gouging Holes in the...
Normally, these terrains of frozen soil thaw gradually. But in some places, it’s thawing so abruptly that landscapes are collapsing...
Expect More Interstellar Visitors Like 'Oumuamua
We live in a galaxy teeming with wandering tiny worlds, and some astronomers predict they'll be detecting them at least once per year.
Wuhan Coronavirus 'Super-Spreaders' Could Be Wildcards
Tracking the spread of disease requires precision and math. But super-spreaders, who transmit germs faster and further than other...
Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch
Scientists are posting their papers on the China outbreak as fast as they can write them, skipping traditional journals.
Not to Ruin the Super Bowl, But the Sea Is Consuming Miami
*Huzzah* for overeating and watching athletes brutalize each other. *Boo* the fact that climate change is an existential threat to...
The Coronavirus Global Health Emergency, an Amazon Rival,...
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The Coronavirus Is Now Officially a Global Emergency
The World Health Organization declared the China outbreak an international threat, raising questions about many countries' health...
A Tiny Glass Bead Goes as Still as Nature Allows
In everyday life, stillness is an illusion. Not so in this lab, where scientists rendered an object as motionless as the laws of physics...
