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Newfound kilometer-size asteroid orbits the sun every 151 days
Astronomers have spotted an unusual asteroid with the shortest “year” known for any asteroid. The rocky…
How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica's largest ice shelf
The ocean that surrounds Antarctica plays a crucial role in regulating the mass balance of the…
New app aims to automate drones for good
Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and…
How electronic skin could help people with disabilities
You might not know what they’re called, but you probably use them quite a lot. Virtual…
Cats kill more than 1.5 billion native Australian animals per year
Pet and feral cats together are killing over two billion reptiles, birds and mammals per year…
Djorgovski 2 is a moderately metal-poor globular cluster, study finds
Based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and from the Very Large Telescope (VLT),…
The benefits of an unconventional pairing: Sheep in a vineyard
In addition to sipping award-winning wines, visitors to Shelburne Vineyard in nearby Shelburne, Vermont, this spring…
Remodeling ruins to preserve rural heritage
Around 120 architecture students, including some from EPFL, took part in a unique workshop on Mount…
Discovering exoplanets with gravitational waves
In a recent paper in Nature Astronomy, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics…