— The Nobel Prize in chemistry is going to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath — [7 Oct] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, has decided to award the Nobel...
— The Nobel Prize in physics is going to Kao, Boyle and Smith — [6 Oct] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, has decided to award the Nobel...
— The Nobel in medicine is going to Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak — [5 Oct] The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, has decided to award the...
— Tyrannosaur design evolved at 'punk size' — [17 Sep] A new dinosaur shows that tyrannosaur design evolved at 'punk size.' The creature,...
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Ghostly 'spokes' puff out from Saturn's ring's
Massive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 22 September 2009 around the time of Saturn's equinox. During this period, sunlight hits the rings edge-on and shines directly over the equator. The levitating icy particle clouds, which are known as 'spokes' and are as wide as 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles), appear particularly dramatic because of the unique lighting geometry of the equinox period... — full story
— Frog embryos 'smell' predators — Frogs learn to recognise the smell of their enemies while they are still developing as embryos, say scientists....
— Polar bear plus grizzly equals? — What do you get if you cross a polar bear with a grizzly brown bear? Scientists can now answer the question, following the...
— Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon' — One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew....
Exoplanets clue to sun's curious chemistry
— 12 Nov | Astronomy'For almost 10 years we have tried to find out what distinguishes stars with planetary systems from their barren cousins,' says Garik Israelian, lead author of a paper appearing this... — full story
Opening up a colourful cosmic jewel box
— 29 Oct | AstronomyStar clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern... — full story
32 new exoplanets found
— 20 Oct | Astronomy'HARPS is a unique, extremely high precision instrument that is ideal for discovering alien worlds,' says Stephane Udry, who made the announcement. 'We have now completed our initial... — full story
Cassini data help redraw shape of solar system
— 16 Oct | AstronomyImages from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing... — full story
Tyrannosaur design evolved at 'punk size'
— 17 Sep | Geology and palaeontologyA new dinosaur shows that tyrannosaur design evolved at 'punk size.' The creature, Raptorex, from NE China had evolved all the hallmark anatomical features of Tyrannosaurus rex at least... — full story
Unravelling the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
— 16 Sep | AstronomyAn international team of scientists has announced the confirmation of a key chemical reaction that forms the molecule triacetylene in the ultra-cold atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.... — full story