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Flower preserved in 100-million-year old amber one of most complete ever found
The perfectly-preserved scene is from the mid-Cretaceous, when flowering plants were changing the face of the Earth forever, adding beauty, biodiversity and food.
January 3, 2014
Future NASA space probes could be robot super balls
The Super Ball Bot could help overcome the most difficult and expensive part of sending a robotic mission to another planet: landing safely.
January 3, 2014
Electric-blue clouds appear over Antarctica
A vast bank of electric-blue clouds has appeared over Antarctica, signaling the start of the season for southern hemisphere noctilucent clouds.
January 2, 2014
Use of media can save lives in bad storms
A new study shows that the risk of injury from tornados and severe storms can be reduced significantly with the use of certain media.
December 30, 2013
Illness-causing bacteria linger hours or days outside body
Scientists report that bacteria can persist on surfaces, like furniture and toys, significantly longer than previously thought.
December 30, 2013
Your help needed for new research on zombie ants
A fungus takes over the ants' brains - makes them do things they normally wouldn't do - then kills them. You can help fund new research on these ants.
December 26, 2013
Super star creates holiday light show
A celestial wreath of reflective dust illuminated by a glittering star.
December 25, 2013
A billion stars here we come! Gaia galaxy surveyor lifts off
Gaia is designed to make accurate measurements of the positions and motions of 1% of the total population of roughly 100 billion Milky Way stars.
December 19, 2013
New colorized images of asteroid Vesta
"No artist could paint something like that. Only nature can do this." - Astronomer Martin Hoffman
December 18, 2013
Milky Way galaxy has four arms again
A debate has been raging about whether our galaxy has four spiral arms, or two. A 12-year study of massive stars suggests that it has four.
December 17, 2013
