Data from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that the venerable deep-space explorer has encountered a…
Month: June 2012
Test of spare wheel puts NASA’s Mars Odysse orbiter on path to recovery
In a step toward returning NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter to full service, mission controllers have…
Dawn easing into its final science orbit
After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinizing the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit…
First flight instrument delivered for James Webb Space Telescope
The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has…
Nanotechnology used to harness power of fireflies
Scientists have found a new way to harness the natural light produced by fireflies using…
Genetic markers hope for new brain tumor treatments
Researchers have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for…
Knowledge of fractions and long division predicts long-term math success
From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial…
The boys are bad: Older male ants single out younger rivals for death squad
Male Cardiocondyla obscurior ants are diphenic (either winged or wingless). New research demonstrates that the…
Neutrons escaping to a parallel world?
In a new paper, researchers hypothesize the existence of mirror particles to explain the anomalous…
More to facial perception than meets the eye
People make complex judgments about a person from looking at their face that are based…