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First LookLanguage barriers still burden science, new study suggestsToday, almost every major scientific journal publishes in English. Are non-English reports falling through the cracks?
First LookNASA plan for housing astronauts on Mars borrows from EskimosNASA's latest plan: 'Mars Ice Home' could be the key to providing astronauts with a place to stay for months on end while living on the Red Planet.
First LookHow to catch a New Year's Eve cometCrowds and fireworks not your thing? Grab binoculars and head for the hills to catch a glimpse of a New Year's Eve comet.聽Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdu拧谩kov谩 passed near the moon Saturday night.
Why NASA officials refuse to panic ahead of Trump transitionFears over the incoming Trump administration's plans to cut NASA's earth science programs are based on rumor and 'noise,' says the agency's top science official.
First LookThe last dance of 2016 will have one extra beatA 'leap second' will be added to the end of this year to re-sync Earth's rotational time with atomic clocks.
Seven outstanding scientific breakthroughs in 2016Some of the things scientists have achieved and discovered this year seem like science fiction 鈥� but they actually happened.
First LookAstronomer Vera Rubin transformed our understanding of the cosmosThe pioneering female astronomer worked with astronomer Kent Ford to confirm the existence of dark matter in the 1970s.聽
First LookApple鈥檚 AI team publishes its first research paperFollowing the announcement earlier this month that Apple would begin sharing their artificial intelligence research, the company鈥檚 AI team has already published their first scientific paper.
First LookChina aims to be the first to reach the far side of the moonAccording to a white paper released on Tuesday, China plans to land a rover on the far side of the moon, a world first, as soon as 2018.
First LookA ripple in spacetime: LIGO discovery heralded as breakthrough of 2016February's announcement confirmed a more than 100-year-old prediction by Albert Einstein聽and opened the door to years of future cosmic exploration.聽
First LookTrillions of winged migrants take to British skiesThe trillions of migrating insects weigh a combined total of 3,200 tons 鈥� the equivalent of more than 636 elephants flying overhead each year. These flying bugs offer humankind a multitude of services, scientists say.
First LookWhy does this vibrant fish bear President Obama鈥檚 name?Tosanoides obama,聽discovered in Hawaii's Papah膩naumoku膩kea Marine National Monument, joins a small club of creatures named after the president.
Did these baby dinosaurs munch meat while their parents pecked plants?Paleontologists discover juvenile dinosaurs with teeth and adults of the same species that mysteriously had none. What could it mean?
First LookRumblings of Italy's supervolcano: Will the sleeping giant awaken?Campi Flegrei has not erupted since 1538. But now, there are signs it could awaken in the near future.
Phosphorus: The key to life on Earth as we know it?Researchers talk about oxygen playing a significant role in kickstarting animal life on Earth, but a new study suggests a different element might also be of crucial importance.聽
First LookSolstice! Why Northern Hemisphere gets first official day of winter.The winter solstice was once a high point on the astronomical calendar. Today, it is significant for the extra minutes (and eventually hours) of daylight it returns to Northern Hemisphere dwellers.- Two ways this Japanese satellite could improve space travelThe satellite itself could provide new insight into the Van Allen radiation belts, which may harm electronic devices and even astronauts themselves.
First LookLong before Rudolph, these gigantic birds flew around the North PoleNew Cretaceous bird fossils, some of the oldest in the Arctic, suggest the polar climate 90 million years ago was as warm as Florida today.
First LookScientists discover bizarre molten iron 'jet stream' in Earth's coreMeasurements made by Europe's Swarm satellites suggest a river of liquid iron deep within the Earth.
First LookScientists use lasers for a better look at antimatterResearchers in Switzerland used a laser gathered info about antimatter to figure out why the universe is dominated by matter.
