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Animals

Dazzling underwater photos capture new views and scientific detail of fish larvae

Lab specimens of fish larvae are often mangled and bleached. Divers and researchers have partnered to study their rich colors and intricate bodies.

Physics

Uranium ‘snowflakes’ could set off thermonuclear explosions of dead stars

Uranium crystals that settle in the cores of white dwarfs could trigger nuclear chain reactions that blow the dead stars apart, a new study suggests.

Astronomy

Here’s why humans chose particular groups of stars as constellations

Distances between stars, their brightnesses and patterns of human eye movement explain why particular sets of stars tend to be grouped together.