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SECTION: SCIENCE
Planned Telescope Evokes Futures Past
The planned Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope, which will sit high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, bears an uncanny resemblance to the set of a certain classic scifi spoof. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Foxy Magnetism
Foxes may see more than we know: if a team of wildlife biologists is right, they could use magnetic cues to help them judge their predatory leaps. Continue reading
Neanderthals of a Certain Age
Whatever advantages fully modern humans enjoyed over their Neanderthal neighbors, lifespan was not among them, according to a new study of the longevity of our Pleistocene predecessors. Continue reading
This Ice Cube is Mind-Bogglingly Immense
A picture of the instruments arrayed in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which was completed in Antarctica at the end of last year, only hints at the massive scale of the science involved. Continue reading
Take Them To Our Leaders
“Imagination… must not be underestimated as a valuable means to advance knowledge towards new frontiers,” say the authors of a new study on the possible consequences of the discovery of extraterrestrial life; we couldn’t agree more. Continue reading
Chess Masters Play Both Sides of the Brain
While most of us use one side of the brain to play chess, the minds of masters of the game solve moves by parallel processing. Continue reading
Antimatter—It’s not Just for the Galactic Nucleus Anymore
Scientists using NASA’s orbital Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope find gamma rays and antimatter streaming out of thunderstorms into Earth’s upper atmosphere. Continue reading
There and Back Again
In the business of getting to space, an access of sublime ephemerality. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Reaching Lake Vostok
The largest subglacial lake in the world will begin to yield its secrets later this month, when a Russian drilling team reaches it beneath 4 km of Antarctic ice. Continue reading
E.O. Wilson: The Lily Pads Are Getting Worried
In an interview with Elizabeth Kolbert, E. O. Wilson’s warning: evolution has its times and its textures, and we risk making out its patterns too late. Continue reading
