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- Space
Ancient impact may explain moon’s magnetic mystery
Anomalies near crater suggest scattering of iron-rich debris.
- Humans
DNA unveils enigmatic Denisovans
Technical advances amplify the genetic record of a Stone Age humanlike population, ancestors of modern Melanesians.
- Humans
A result of zero doesn’t always mean zero results
Two recent astrophysics studies found meaningful results in nothing.
- Physics
Heart of the Matter
Neutrinos’ shifty behavior might help explain why the universe has so much stuff in it.
- Climate
Extremely Bad Weather
Teasing out global warming's role in worsening hurricanes, droughts and other extreme events.
- Life
Genes separate Africa’s elephant herds
Genetic work reveals forest and savanna pachyderms as distinct species.
- Humans
Weighing the costs of conferencing
A provocative editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association questions the value of attending scientific conferences. It’s a theme that reemerges every few years. And in times of tight budgets, the idea seems worth revisiting.
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Storm Front
Hurricane experts push to improve intensity forecasts.
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Chasing a Cosmic Engine
After 100 years, energetic space particles continue to pose a perplexing mystery.
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Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age by Cheryl Bardoe
Photos and accounts of real-life research bring extinct mammals to life in this book, published to coincide with a current exhibit at Chicago’s Field Museum. (Ages 9 – 12 MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE BY CHERYL BARDOE Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010, 48 p., $18.95.
- Humans
Stone Age cold case baffles scientists
Stone-tool makers who hunkered down near Arctic Circle left uncertain clues to their identity.
- Humans
A new glimpse at the earliest Americans
Along a stream in central Texas, archaeologists have found a campsite occupied at the tail end of the Ice Age.
