Mars Orbiter Finds Rock & Water, Under South Polar Ice
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft…
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Ancient Earth’s Sky May Have Rained Life’s Building Blocks
Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere might’ve been churning out the sulfur-based molecules essential for life, then delivering them to the surface in rainfall.…
Brain-Like AI Emerges Without Training Data in New Study
In new work from Johns Hopkins University, scientists showed that carefully designed, biologically inspired architectures can mimic activity in human and primate visual brain…
Volcanoes May Have Triggered the Black Death’s Arrival
Atlas from the fourteenth century, attributed to Abraham Cresques. Via Wikimedia Commons. Created as a gift for King Charles V of France in 1380,…
Do and Don’ts While Do and Don’ts While Buying Microscopes
The microscope is one of the most important lab tools for examining materials and specimens that are invisible to the human eye. The specimen…