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Solar system: The faraway Kepler-30 system
Researchers measure the orientation of a multiplanet system - the faraway system Kepler-30 - and find it very similar to our own solar system.
July 26, 2012
NASA and university researchers on how life turned left
NASA researchers analyzing meteorite fragments in Canada have developed an explanation for a strong preference of left-handed over right-handed amino acids in meteorites.
July 25, 2012
Two solar system puzzles solved
Comets and asteroids preserve the building blocks of our solar system and should help explain its origin. But there are unsolved puzzles.
July 25, 2012
Neil Sims: Growing more seafood for more people
An unanchored fish pen tethered to a drifting boat that allows sashimi-grade Kampachi to be farmed in their natural environment miles offshore of Hawaii.
July 25, 2012
Vivid memories feel so real, but why?
New evidence suggests that experience and mental replay - or vivid memories - share similar brain activation patterns.
July 24, 2012
New recruits in the fight against disease
Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics.
July 24, 2012
Mark Changizi on how language and music got into our brains
It might seem natural to think our brains evolved to process language and music. But could it be that music and language evolved to fit the human brain?
July 24, 2012
Antioxidants may be potent Parkinson’s treatment
A new and powerful class of antioxidants could one day be a potent treatment for Parkinson’s disease, researchers report.
July 23, 2012
Massive black holes found at center of the Milky Way
A research team has discovered masses thought to be "seeds" that form and grow massive black holes at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
July 23, 2012
Hubble space telescope finds earliest spiral galaxy
Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have witnessed a spiral galaxy in the early universe, billions of years before many other spiral galaxies formed.
July 20, 2012
