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DON'T MISS —
Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered — [2 Dec] — In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden.…
Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm — [18 Nov] — New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that…
Scientists create light from vacuum — [18 Nov] — Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum - observing an effect first…
Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation — [17 Nov] — Flies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck…
More recent stories…BBC: Archaeologists make new Stonehenge 'sun worship' find — Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it… — [28 Nov 2011 19:10 GMT]
Guardian: The incredible shrinking laboratory or 'lab-on-a-chip' — A lab-on-a-chip crams the pipettes, beakers and test tubes of a modern chemistry… — [28 Nov 2011 19:09 GMT]
New Scientist: Cosmic ray factory observed in stellar superbubble — New images link cosmic rays to an enormous bubble of gas blown by hot, young stars,… — [25 Nov 2011 08:43 GMT]
Nature News: Archaeologists land world's oldest fish hook — First deep-sea fish supper dated to 42,000 years ago.… — [25 Nov 2011 08:43 GMT]
BBC: New state of matter seen on cheap — Students and enthusiasts attending a recording for BBC Radio 4 have probably seen… — [25 Nov 2011 08:42 GMT]
BBC: Climate sensitivity to CO2 probed — Global temperatures could be less sensitive to changing atmospheric carbon dioxide… — [25 Nov 2011 08:42 GMT]
Telegraph: Why sleeping on a problem is best — Sleeping on problem really does help because dreaming provides overnight therapy… — [24 Nov 2011 18:44 GMT]
Telegraph: Short people have 'shortage' of genes — Shorter people could blame their lack of height on a shortage of genes, a study suggests.… — [24 Nov 2011 18:44 GMT]
BBC: Bottlenose dolphins' maximum speed halved by pregnancy — As for many mothers-to-be, the late stages of pregnancy can be extremely awkward… — [24 Nov 2011 18:43 GMT]
BBC: Stranded Mars probe sends further signals — More attempts have been made by the European Space Agency (ESA) to contact the stricken… — [24 Nov 2011 18:43 GMT]
Latest on Science Centric's News
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— Following the motion of an exoplanet — For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion… [10 Jun 18:28]— Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid — Water forms droplets because attractive interactions between molecules produce… [24 Jun 17:00]
— Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur — Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell palaeontologists about… [18 Jun 13:46]
— September launch for ESA's water mission — Following confirmation from Eurockot Launch Services that they will launch ESA's… [27 Apr 16:28]
HEADLINES —
— A smarter way to make ultraviolet light beams — 2 Dec 10:56— Lava fingerprinting reveals differences between Hawaii's twin volcanoes — 2 Dec 10:53
— British butterfly is evolving to respond to climate change — 2 Dec 10:50
— Biocompatible graphene transistor array reads cellular signals — 2 Dec 10:47
— Researchers find some smartphone models more vulnerable to attack — 2 Dec 10:44
— Archaeologists find new evidence of animals being introduced to prehistoric Caribbean — 2 Dec 10:41