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Best photos of Venus and Saturn after sunset
Venus and Saturn are in the same field of view of your binoculars from September 15 to 21. Look west after sunset. Plus ... check out these photos.
September 20, 2013
Video: Queen meets string theory
String theory and Bohemian Rhapsody ... two great tastes that taste great together?
September 20, 2013
Where does imagination happen in our brains?
The answer, researchers suggest, lies in a widespread neural network - the brain's "mental workspace" - that consciously manipulates images, symbols, ideas and theories .
September 18, 2013
Quitting Facebook: What’s behind the trend to leave social networks?
A social networking counter movement is emerging, and Facebook quitters, who remove their accounts, differ from Facebook users in several key ways.
September 17, 2013
Lineage of Andes’ Uros people traced back 3,700 years
A new study, part of National Geographic's Genographic Project, shows modern-day Uros people in Peru and Bolivia descended from the earliest settlers at Lake Titicaca.
September 16, 2013
Dogs’ behavior could help to design social robots
Study suggests dogs react more readily to robots that show interactive social behavior.
September 16, 2013
Epic flooding hitting the Boulder, Colorado area
The National Weather Service used the word "biblical" to describe ongoing flooding in Colorado. Many are evacuating as water levels rise.
September 13, 2013
Video: The science of heartbreak
New video from asapSCIENCE addresses the question: Why is a broken heart so painful?
September 13, 2013
World’s thinnest glass is just two atoms thick
The world’s thinnest glass is just a molecule thick, a serendipitous discovery by scientists, recorded for posterity in the Guinness Book of World Records.
September 12, 2013
Wild birds help Costa Rica’s coffee farmers
When wild birds have undisturbed tropical forests near Costa Rica coffee plantations, they help control the coffee berry borer beetle.
September 11, 2013
