New ‘embryonic’ subduction zone found
image collected via Google search on plate tectonics
New ‘embryonic’ subduction zone found A new…
On the Trail of Ancient Killers
Age-old affliction. An attendant in medieval times washes a leper’s sores.
CREDIT: SPL/SCIENCE SOURCE
NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
This annotated image labels several features in the simulation,…
A video map of motions in the nearby universe
Fig. 15.— Cosmic flows and the underlying density field from the Wiener Filter analysis. The view…
SLAC X-rays resurrect 200-year-old lost aria
Thick smudges black out parts of an aria from Luigi Cherubini’s 1797 opera ‘Médée.’– Uwe Bergmann /…
Yale researchers unravel genetics of dyslexia and language impairment
Yale researchers unravel genetics of dyslexia and language impairment A new study of the genetic…
A closer look at Supreme Court’s decision on gene patenting
A closer look at Supreme Court’s decision on gene patenting As previously discussed here and…
The Scientist and the Poet
Alice Alpert worked in Antarctica for two field seasons before entering the MIT/WHOI Joint Program.…
UH Astrobiologists Find Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life
Electron microscope image showing the 700-million-year-old Martian clay veins containing boron (100…
