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Stars collided in galactic “demolition derby,” produced oddball gamma-ray burst

Enlarge / Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) may have observed a never-before-seen way to destroy a star.Int'l Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/M. Zamani ...

Review: The Flash isn’t a terrible film—just a forgettable one

Enlarge / Ezra Miller as Barry/The Flash unwittingly screws up the multiverse in The Flash.YouTube/Warner Bros. In the months leading up to...

Scientists conduct first test of a wireless cosmic ray navigation system

Enlarge / Cosmic rays showering down on Earth's atmosphere are the basis of a new wireless alternative system to GPS navigation.2015 Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka...

This 15th century manuscript mentions a Monty Python-esque killer rabbit

Enlarge / Scholar: The 15th century "Heege manuscript" could be a rare written record of a live minstrel performance.YouTube/University of Cambridge One...

Ancient Egyptian followers of a deity called Bes may have used hallucinogens

Enlarge / An Egyptian drinking vessel in the shape of Bes head contained traces of Syrian rue and blue water lily, among other compounds.Tampa...

3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright

3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensis fossil AL 288-1, aka "Lucy." Credit: Ashleigh Wiseman 3D reconstruction of...

Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem?

EnlargeFarrar, Straus and Giroux In November 1988, a graduate student at Cornell University named Robert Morris, Jr. inadvertently sparked a national crisis...

No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds

Enlarge / Part of the system of reticulated tunnels (egress complex) of a mound of Macrotermes michaelseni termites from Namibia.D. Andréen The...

Your fave illustration of Franklin’s kite experiment is likely riddled with errors

Enlarge / Hand-colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives in 1876, probably the most widely distributed illustration of Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment. Franklin is...

The chemistry of fermented coffee

Enlarge / Identifying the compounds that give fermented coffee its unique flavor and aroma could allow more people to enjoy it.Samo Smrke ...

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