[ad_1] The lower jaw of Stylolophus minor, holotype of the new species. C is a 3D model reconstructed from CT scans. It shows by transparency the roots of the teeth, and in …
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[ad_1] Webb is optimized for seeing the sky in infrared light, and its instruments must be kept cool. Thus, the telescope will sport a giant sunshade the size of a tennis court, …
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[ad_1] Parzival191919, CC BY-NC-SA "> US F / A-18 images of a UFO (circled in red). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License. Credit: Parzival191919, CC BY-NC-SA Are we alone? Unfortunately, none …
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[ad_1] Synthetic DNA could be the answer to lighter and thinner electronic displays. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed new design principles for making photonic crystals such as those commonly used on …
Read More »Now that the smog is up, astronomy returns to the Royal Observatory of London | Smart news
[ad_1] For 300 years, the Royal Observatory of Greenwich Park in London was the center of the scientific world, in some cases literally – the Prime Meridian, the 0-degree line of longitude …
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[ad_1] Next month, Mars will make its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. Astronomers hope that their observations will provide useful information on the weather and surface conditions of the red …
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[ad_1] Neo-Caledonian crows have been trained to seek rewards by tearing paper of a certain size, demonstrating what the researchers say is a fairly advanced toolmaking. Image A Neo-Caledonian crow handling a …
Read More »Commercial airlines worry: the billionaire space race means heavier air traffic and more flight delays
[ad_1] Commercial airlines incurred excessive costs because of the increase in the number of space launches each year. A recent report estimates that businesses are spending $ 70,000 more for every 10 …
Read More »The melted rock turns into granite at much lower temperatures than expected
[ad_1] 90 million years ago, granite found under the mountains of Sierra Nevada crystallized at cooler temperatures than scientists thought. The new discovery changes virtually everything we know about how the Earth …
Read More »Orangutans have adapted to humans for 70,000 years
[ad_1] If you are very lucky, you might have seen an orang-utan in the wild. Most people only saw them on TV. In either case, the animal was probably in a remote …
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