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MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice at Mercury’s poles
New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice in its polar craters.
November 30, 2012
Lesli Wood: Exploring Gulf of Mexico deep water oil
To meet demand for oil within U.S. borders, industry has pushed the limits of technology to reach oil reserves in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
November 30, 2012
For pandas, bamboo buffet may run short
China’s endangered wild pandas need bamboo to survive, but models show that climate change may kill it off in swaths.
November 30, 2012
A new paradigm shift for the infant universe
A new paradigm for understanding the earliest eras in the history of the universe has been developed.
November 29, 2012
Record-setting X-ray jet discovered
The most distant jet of X-rays from a supermassive black hole 12.4 billion light years from Earth has been detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
November 28, 2012
Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belt?
Two nearby planetary system have vast comet belts, but no Jupiter-like planets. Are those two things related?
November 28, 2012
Galapagos giant tortoises migrate, albeit slowly and not too far
Large male Galapagos giant tortoises trek, slow and steady, from the island lowlands up across the volcanic slopes and back again.
November 28, 2012
Flu outbreaks predicted with weather forecast techniques
New computer model takes a page from weather forecasting to predict regional peaks in influenza outbreaks.
November 27, 2012
Your brain on sugar
Binging on soda and sweets - for as little as six weeks - might do damage to your memory.
November 27, 2012
Funneling the sun’s energy
MIT engineers propose a new way of harnessing photons for electricity, with the potential for capturing a wider spectrum of solar energy.
November 26, 2012
