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How much of your disease risk is genetic? It's complicated.
Sitting in my doctor's examination room, I was surprised when she told me, "Genetics don't really ma ...View More
Black holes: Facts about the darkest objects in the universe
Black holes are places where gravity is so powerful that nothing — not even light — can escape. Rath ...View More
Does light lose energy as it crosses the universe? The answer involves time dilation.
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a ...View More
US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids
On Thursday (May 15), the U.S. House Committee on Space, Science and Technology convened with scient ...View More
Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle collider in the universe
Supernovas can become some of the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — but only if the ...View More
Space photo of the week: Violent galaxies seen 'jousting' near the dawn of time
If you get up before sunrise any day this month, you'll see bright Venus rising in the east. Just be ...View More
Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species
More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skel ...View More
Aliens: Facts about extraterrestrial life and how scientists are looking for it
E.T., Stitch, Chewbacca, Groot — humans have a lot of ideas about what aliens might look like. But w ...View More
Perseverance rover rolls onto 'Crocodile' plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover has made to a new region on Mars, which may contain some of the Red Planet ...View More
Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself
As it drifts through the inky blackness of the "midnight zone" in the deep sea, the pelican eel undu ...View More
