— 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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Opening up a colourful cosmic jewel box
Star 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 Cross in the constellation of Crux. The Kappa Crucis Cluster, also known as NGC 4755 or simply the 'Jewel Box' is just bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye. It was given its nickname by the English astronomer John Herschel in the 1830s because the striking colour contrasts of its pale blue and orange stars seen through a telescope reminded Herschel of a piece of exotic jewellery... — 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....
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
The Milky Way's tiny but tough galactic neighbour
— 14 Oct | AstronomyIn the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). At the relatively close distance of... — full story
Sky merger yields sparkling dividends
— 13 Oct | AstronomyA recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble... — 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