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Particle Physics

Neutrinos seen scattering off an atom’s nucleus for the first time

New type of interaction confirms that neutrinos play by the rules.

Astronomy

The solar system’s earliest asteroids may have all been massive

A team of astronomers says the original asteroids all came in one size: extra large.

Paleontology

Giant armored dinosaur may have cloaked itself in camouflage

An armored dinosaur the size of a Honda Civic also wore countershading camouflage, a chemical analysis of its skin suggests.

Life

Light pollution can foil plant-insect hookups, and not just at night

Upsetting nocturnal pollinators has daylight after-effects for Swiss meadow flowers.