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European planet hunters on brink of Earth-sized prize
ByStuartClarkEUROPEANplanethuntersarestealingamarchontheirAmericanrivals.Afterlastweek’sdiscoveryofa“habitable”extrasolarplanetthemassoffiveEarths–thesmallestyetfound–Europeanastronomershavehadmoregoo...
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Stephen Hawking gets taste of zero gravity
ByNewScientistSpaceandReuters(Image:ZeroGravityCorp)BritishphysicistStephenHawkingtookaflightonThursdaythatgavetherenownedscientist...
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Interview: The cosmos as canvas
ByAmandaGefterAgrowingmovementofartistsiscreatingartinzerogravity–bothinparabolicflightsandinouterspaceitself.ThepioneerisLowryBurgess.Whenoneofhissculptureswaslaunchedintoorbitin1989...
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'Axis of evil' a cause for cosmic concern
ByZeeyaMeraliSomebelieveitisjustafigmentofoveractiveimaginations.Butevidenceisgrowingthattheso-called“axisofevil”–apatternapparentlyimprintedontheradiationleftbehindbythebigbang–maybereal...
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Venus's double vortex evolves over time in new videos
ByDavidShiga(Image:ESA/VIRTIS/INAF-IASF/ObsdeParis-LESIA)ThemysteriousdoublevortexinthecloudsaboveVenus’ssouthpolehasbeenfilmedoverrelativelylongperiodsbyEurope’sVenusExpressspacecraft.Thevideossho...
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Kepler finds 219 new exoplanets and 10 are rocky and Earth-like
NASA/JPL-CaltechByLeahCraneThere’sanewbatchofworldsandanewbranchonourgalaxy’splanetfamilytree.NASA’sKeplerspacetelescopeteamhasreleased219newplanetcandidates.Meanwhile...
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Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets
ByDavidHamblingAgunthatfiresvariablespeedbulletsandwhichcanbesettokill...
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金沙城:Jupiter's third red spot torn apart by siblings
ByRachelCourtland(Image:NASA/ESA/MWong/IdePater/UniversityofCalifornia...
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Artificial tongue mimics human speech
ByDavidRobsonVideo:Researchershavecreatedanartificialtonguetohelpthemfindoutmoreabouthowamouthproducessounds.WatchavideooftheartificialtongueTHEpink...
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Hormone-loaded spearguns make captive tuna spawn
Bluefintunaareamongthemostexpensivefishontheplanet.Justonecansellformorethan$100...
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A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can't be ignored
MichaelJones/EyeEm/GettyAfundamentalconceptiscomingbacktothefore–thattheuniversemaybefine-tunedforlife.Theideaisthatphysicallawsandconstantsareinexplicablyjustrighttosupportit;anydifferentandwewouldn’...
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Frog princes woo with a song and a sac
ByCatherineBrahicVideo:Frogprinceswoowithasongandasac(Image:Taylor/Ryan)“Robo-frog”hasawaywiththeladies.Hehasaspeakerthatbroadcastsarealisticmatingcallandashinypaintedballoonthatinflatesandvibr...
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Early galaxies had magnetic fields as strong as today's
ByAnilAnanthaswamyHOWdidgalaxiesgettheirmysteriouslymassivemagneticfields?Thefavouredtheorysaysthatgalaxies“spin”theirownfieldsovermanybillionsofyears.Nowastudyoflightfromdistantquasarsiscastingserio...
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Iran test fires long-range missiles
ByNewScientistSpaceandReutersIranshowedfootageofmissilesonWednesdaythatitwarnscouldreachIsraelandUSbasesintheMiddleEast...
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Scientists find smoking gun for diabetes sperm damage
ByEdYongRisinglevelsofmaleinfertilityaroundtheworldcouldbelinkedtoanincreaseinthenumberofyoungmensufferingfromdiabetes...
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Aloof parents may produce autistic children
ByLindaGeddesIt’snotjustautisticchildrenwhoviewtheworlddifferentlyfromtherestofus–itseemstheirparentsmaydosoaswell.Someparentsofautisticchildrenevaluatefacialexpressionsinastrikinglysimilarwaytopeople...
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Buckyballs mysteriously show up in cold space and warp starlight
AlfredPasieka/SciencePhotoLibraryByJoshuaSokolRegularreadersmayhavethesameexpectationsofthiscolumnastheywouldasafari:somethinghugehastoshowup.Greedyblackholes.Giantlavalakes.Starstoobigtoexist. Even...
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Space shuttle ready for June launch
ByNewScientistSpaceandReutersThespaceshuttleanditsnewlyrepairedhail-damagedfueltankarereadytoreturntothelaunchpadforan8Junelaunch...
