El Nino is now hottest ever recorded and still growing in strength, announces Japan
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Meet Julian Shapiro, the 18-year-old New Yorker who discovered three unusual dwarf galaxies while still in high school, became sole author of an Astrophysical Journal paper and won a $25,000 Davidson Fellowship
The galaxies, now catalogued as Shapiro Dwarf Galaxies I, II and III, share an unusual combination of characteristics.…
The Friday 7: Royal Greenland CEO on being the black sheep of the family – IntraFish
The Friday 7: Royal Greenland CEO on being the black sheep of the family IntraFishWell-known seafood companies named in…
Draconid meteor shower: When and how to see the peak
The Draconid meteor shower will briefly light up the sky Thursday night — and it won’t even keep…
Germany’s telescoping wind turbine becomes world’s tallest
Germany is taking wind power to new heights with a turbine almost as tall as Berlin’s iconic television…
NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon…
Scientists Discover That Chimpanzees Treat Friends by Different Rules
Chimpanzees are highly social primates known for their intelligence, complex relationships, and flexible behavior. Credit: Shutterstock A controlled…
SpaceX brings four astronauts home after 8 months in space, and the return was flawless
SpaceX has agreed to buy a nationwide block of low band wireless spectrum, a deal the company says…
Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Panama and triggers panic in capital | Panama
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging buildings and sending thousands into the streets, but…
NASA Seeks US Industry Plans for Commercial Space Stations
NASA is advancing American leadership in space by taking the next step toward a future where commercial space…
Canadian House Hippos and Other Obscure Fauna
My attention was recently drawn to something missing from Canada’s fauna. I was rewatching the National Film Board’s…
RNA catalysis emerges from dynamic structural ensembles
Draper, D. E., Grilley, D. & Soto, A. M. Ions and RNA folding. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct.…