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New laser shows what substances are made of
A new laser that can show what objects are made of could help military aircraft identify hidden dangers such as weapons arsenals far below.
June 25, 2013
One star, three habitable planets
A team of astronomers has combined new observations with existing data to reveal a solar system packed full of planets.
June 25, 2013
Plants do math to get through the night
New research shows that to prevent starvation at night, plants perform accurate arithmetic division.
June 24, 2013
Migrating animals add new depth to how the ocean breathes
Animals ranging from plankton to small fish consume vast amounts of what little oxygen is available in the ocean’s aptly named “oxygen minimum zone” daily.
June 24, 2013
A revolutionary new 3D digital brain atlas
This is the first ever 3D microstructural model of the entire human brain, and it's publicly available to researchers world-wide at no cost.
June 21, 2013
Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this vivid image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as Arp 142.
June 20, 2013
Tanzania’s birds survive in protected network
As climate change forces birds in Tanzania to head west, protected areas set aside for mammals are keeping them alive.
June 20, 2013
Explore Mars surface yourself: Pan and zoom new billion-pixel view
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity offers armchair explorers the next best thing to being there.
June 19, 2013
Possible record-setting Gulf of Mexico dead zone predicted
Spring floods across the Midwest are expected to contribute to a very large and potentially record-setting 2013 Gulf of Mexico "dead zone", according to researchers.
June 19, 2013
Video: Stunning animation of Earth’s greening over one year
NASA and NOAA satellite data from April 2012 to April 2013 was used to generate these animations and images.
June 19, 2013
