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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
New island in Japanese waters
As of December 24, 2013, fresh lava was still pouring from a submarine volcano, building the new island.
December 28, 2013
Here is the (John) Lennon crater on Mercury
Truman Capote has a crater on Mercury now, too. So does Enrico Caruso ... and seven other artists, musicians, painters and authors.
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
Find black holes while you’re on the bus
"With a large enough sample from your classifications, we can pick out black holes at different stages and build a better picture of their origins." - Radio Galaxy Zoo
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
Unseen exoplanet predicted, now confirmed
Perturbations in the orbit of Uranus let astronomers discover the planet Neptune in 1846. Now this same technique has been used to find a planet 1,000 light-years away.
December 17, 2013
Researchers create a kidney using stem cells
The team designed a protocol that prompts stem cells to form all the required cell types to "self-organize" into a mini-kidney in a dish.
December 16, 2013
