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Why NASA Just Crashed Into an Asteroid
The space probe came barreling in at thousands of miles per hour, its mechanical eyes locked on its…
NASA’s DART spacecraft just smashed into an asteroid — on purpose
Mission control rooms rarely celebrate crash landings. But the collision of NASA’s DART spacecraft with an asteroid was…
In Maya society, cacao use was for everyone, not just royals
In ancient Maya civilization, cacao wasn’t just for the elites. Traces of the sacred plant show up in…
Mangroves grow in sync with the moon’s orbit
The glossy leaves and branching roots of mangroves are downright eye-catching, and now a study finds that the…
Here’s how olivine may trigger deep earthquakes
Cocooned within the bowels of the Earth, one mineral’s metamorphosis into another may trigger some of the deepest…
Did a Famous Doctor’s COVID Shot Make His Cancer Worse?
O n September 22 of last year, Michel Goldman, a Belgian immunologist and one of Europe’s best-known champions…
Here is the first direct look at Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years
Humankind is seeing Neptune’s rings in a whole new light thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. In…
AlphaFold’s AI protein-structure predictions have limits
As people around the world marveled in July at the most detailed pictures of the cosmos snapped by…
How ghostly neutrinos could explain the universe’s matter mystery
The answer to one of the greatest mysteries of the universe may come down to one of the…
This face mask can sense the presence of an airborne virus
Face masks — the unofficial symbol of the COVID-19 pandemic — are leveling up. A mask outfitted with…