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NASA’s Birthday Month

Learn what NASA has been doing for more than 60 years.

NASA’s Birthday Month

Video of NASA’s Birthday Month

Space

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 09:45

Inside Science Contributor

(Inside Science) -- For more than 60 years NASA has helped Americans and the world reach for the stars. On Oct. 1, 1958, NASA was officially formed,... Читать дальше...

How CRISPR Could Make Sweet Potatoes Bigger and More Nutritious

Samuel Acheampong is using the Nobel Prize-recognized technique to tweak the genes of traditional Ghanaian crops.

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Technology

Monday, October 19, 2020 - 15:15

Catherine Meyers, Editor

(Inside Science) -- When Samuel Acheampong was young... Читать дальше...

Meter-long Crystals May Grow in Just a Few Days

Research suggests crystals form in cooling magma at an astonishingly rapid rate.

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A red elbaite crystal from the Malkhan pegmatite field in Russia.

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Earth

Friday, October 16, 2020 - 13:30

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Three Leather Balls Represent Oldest Evidence of Ancient Eurasian Ball Game

The Moon's Ancient Magnetic Field Helped Protect the Young Earth

Astrophysicists can now piece together the moon's past, including the role of its fleeting magnetic field.

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A rock collected from the moon. Moon rocks have revealed that Earth's moon used to have a protective magnetic field. 

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Space

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Superconductor Now a Reality at Room Temperature -- But Not Room Pressure

How Much Damage Do Heavy Trucks Do to Our Roads?

A simple equation based on a series of experiments from the 1950s still serves as the rule of thumb for estimating road damage.

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Technology

Monday, October 12, 2020 - 09:30

Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer

(Inside Science) -- It may... Читать дальше...

Around 800 Years Ago, Yellowstone's Old Faithful Stopped Erupting

New findings suggest the famous geyser went dormant during a period of severe droughts -- a condition that could recur in a warming world.

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Old Faithful Geyser cone, 1953

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Earth

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Two Liver-Destroying Viruses, Two Nobel Prizes

The new Nobel Prize for hepatitis C follows Blumberg's 1976 Nobel for hepatitis B. Both discoveries helped make blood transfusions safe.

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Qasim Zafar via Flickr. From "Atlas of Human Anatomy" by Carl Ernest Bock.

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Culture

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Should the Nobel Prizes in Physics Be Awarded to More People?

While groups have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the science prizes have been limited to three individuals per prize per year.

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Attendees of the 1927 Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics, where some of the most significant figures in modern physics exchanged ideas. 

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Culture

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