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NASA balloons head north of Arctic Circle for long-duration flights
Technicians attach the SUNRISE payload to its balloon and parachute from the launch site in Kiruna,…
Religious intolerance predicts science denial, surveys suggest
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Does being more religious make a person more likely to reject scientific…
New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to search for signs that Mars’ Gale Crater conditions could support microbial…
Angola geology reveals prehistoric split between South America and Africa
Namibe Basin, Angola, where the international team of researchers found rocks and fossils from long-extinct marine…
Taam Ja’ Blue Hole in Mexico’s Chetumal Bay found to be deepest in the world
Location of the Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH) in Chetumal Bay, Mexico, is presented alongside the…
Research offers innovative approach to planar chiral substances
Desymmetric esterification of [2.2]paracyclophanes. Credit: Charles University In a recent study, Dr. Vojtěch Dočekal and Professor…
New climate study shows cloud cover is easier to affect than previously thought
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis of cloud measurements from outside the coast of California,…
Researchers create new chemical compound to solve 120-year-old problem
The chemical compound discovered by the team of chemists. Credit: The Roberts Group/University of Minnesota For…
Launch date set for NASA’s PREFIRE mission to study polar energy loss
PREFIRE’s two small satellites—shown in an artist’s concept orbiting Earth—will measure the amount of heat radiated…