A team of physicists and astronomers from Northwestern University is poised to lead gravitational-wave astronomy into…
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'Intensive' beekeeping not to blame for common bee diseases
More “intensive” beekeeping does not raise the risk of diseases that harm or kill the insects,…
Forces behind growing political polarization in congress revealed in new model
For much of the 20th century, political polarization within the United States House of Representatives tended…
Interstellar Iron Isn’t Missing, It’s Just Hiding In Plain Sight
Astrophysicists know that iron (chemical symbol: Fe) is one of the most abundant elements in the…
For Apollo 11's Anniversary, The Washington Monument Becomes A Rocket
Fifty years after the Saturn V rocket carried the astronauts to the moon, the Smithsonian National…
Buzz Aldrin, second man on moon, recalls 'magnificent desolation'
Fifty years after their history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin recalls the first moments of…
Climate change: 'No brainer' fuel change to cut transport carbon
MPs say the simple step of adding more ethanol to the UK’s fuel mix would be…
Limits on pot fishing can result in win-win for fishermen and marine wildlife
The first major study into the impact of inshore potting for crab and lobster within a…