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First LookWhy a 鈥榣eap second鈥� will make 2016 just a bit longerA 'leap second' will be added to clocks on December 31, 2016, to maintain the relationship between the world's standardized times.聽
First LookNettie Stevens, biology pioneer: A role model for female scientists?Google celebrates the 155th birthday of Nettie Stevens, the biologist who discovered that sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes, at a time when women are seeing their greatest scientific success in biology.
Doomed Hitomi satellite sends a parting gift to EarthJust before meeting its demise, Japan's Hitomi satellite made some observations that scientists say will change our understanding of galaxy formation.
Russia's newly improved rocket launches international crew into spaceAstronauts hailing from Russia, the United States, and Japan set off for the International Space Station Wednesday night.
First LookLife on Titan? Look in the tidal pools, say scientistsModels show that the methane oceans on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could yield the basic preconditions for life due to its聽hydrogen cyanide, which can help build amino acids and nucleic acids.
Hospital shares patient scans with Google: Can they do that?A hospital is sharing 1 million scans of patient's eyes with聽Google-owned DeepMind to contribute to AI research, a data-sharing project that worries some privacy advocates.
Will scientists find something new in Large Hadron Collider data?Europe's Large Hadron Collider may have uncovered the existence of another particle in the massive batch of data it has collected over the last several months.聽- NASA's Juno probe captures first-ever shot of a moon movingIn the history of astronomy, nobody has directly seen the movement of one celestial body against another, until now.聽
Can you grow vegetables on a submarine? US Navy aims to find out.A US military's plans for a vegetable garden inside a submarine are meant to meet sailors' demands for more fresh produce, but they could also help ensure that future missions to Mars have access to fresh food.
First LookThis biologist-turned-astronaut could be the first to sequence DNA in spaceNASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins may become the first person to sequence DNA in space. But first she and her crew-mates will spend two days en route to the space station.
Got muck? Florida residents can report algae blooms with new hotline.After declaring a state of emergency this week, Florida officials have turned to citizens to help control the outbreak.
Why are these microbes playing 'Pac-Man'?A team of Norwegian researchers created a 3D maze based on the classic arcade game to study how some of Earth's tiniest creatures prey on others.
First LookMars was probably more like Earth billions of years ago. What happened?Scientists are piecing together clues into the history of Mars, with an eye toward determining what happened to the Red Planet's once-dense atmosphere.聽
What triggered the massive Glacier Bay landslide?Seismic recordings registered a massive landslide in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park, and scientists are studying how the region's geology and environmental change are elevating the risk of mountain landslides.
540 million miles later, cheers as Juno slips into Jupiter's orbitLaunched almost five years ago, the solar-powered Juno spacecraft was able to enter the orbit around Jupiter, about 540 million miles from Earth.
Hubble telescope captures dazzling 'skyrocket' galaxyLying some 82 million light years away,聽the dwarf galaxy Kiso 5639
NASA Pluto probe to extend mission for another billion milesNASA has approved a mission extension for the New Horizons spacecraft, which in July 2105 performed the first flyby of Pluto.聽
How a missing moon could explain Mars's mysterious little satellitesScientists have long been puzzled by Mars's strange little moons, Phobos and Deimos. But perhaps a long-gone moon could help unravel the mystery, suggests new research.
China makes big statement with huge, alien-hunting telescopeChina's radio telescope, the largest in the world, will aid the scientific community's search for alien life.
Juno's suicide mission to a gas giantJuno should fire its braking rocket at 11:18 p.m. Eastern time on Monday in order to slow itself enough to be captured by Jupiter's gravity and be swooped it into its orbit.
