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Hubble sees the fireball from a kilonova
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a new kind of stellar blast called a kilonova that's about 1,000 times brighter than a regular nova.
August 5, 2013
Perseid fireballs are already arriving!
NASA says the annual Perseid meteor shower produces more fireballs than any other. Although the shower's peak is still some days away, the fireballs are here!
August 3, 2013
New coating turns ordinary glass into superglass
Resilient, ultraslippery glass could lead to self-cleaning, scratch-resistant windows, lenses, and solar panels.
August 2, 2013
Baby owls sleep like baby humans
Owlets spend more time in REM sleep than adult owls.
August 2, 2013
Arctic sea-ice loss has widespread effects on wildlife
“By viewing sea ice as essential habitat ... rather than as a lifeless blank surface, its loss as a result of warming becomes a rather stunning prospect." - Eric Post
August 1, 2013
Flight-ready brain predates birds
New research provides evidence that dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary for flight well before they actually took to the air as birds.
August 1, 2013
Did life on Earth begin at hot-water vents on the sea floor?
Three new papers strengthen the case that Earth's first life began at alkaline hydrothermal vents at the bottoms of oceans. Scientists are interested in understanding early life on Earth to aid in the search for life elsewhere.
August 1, 2013
Robots strike fear in the hearts of fish
This research may pave the way for new methodologies for understanding anxiety and other emotions, as well as substances, like alcohol, that alter them.
July 31, 2013
Did monogamy evolve in primates due to threat of male infanticide?
Among competing hypotheses: a paired male protects his offspring from other males, who may kill an unrelated infant to improve chances of reproducing with the mother.
July 31, 2013
First X-ray detection of exoplanet passing in front of its star
The planet - HD 189733b - is a hot Jupiter, similar in size to Jupiter but more than 30 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun. It orbits its star once every 2.2 days.
July 30, 2013
