A Eulogy for the Luminiferous Ether
We gather here today to pay our respects to a theory that was and is no longer, whose death tore our knowledge of the very universe to shreds.
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We gather here today to pay our respects to a theory that was and is no longer, whose death tore our knowledge of the very universe to shreds.
Ethnic diversity and the availability of public transit are among the neighbourhood qualities associated with better reported well-being among residents, according to a new study.
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Surrounding gas acting as a magnifying lens allowed researchers to observe the pulsar in striking detail.
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That’s one small hole for a probe, but one giant leap for NASA.
It's a finding that could influence the way scientists study mobility and movements in extinct animals.
Filtering all of the water through a muslin cloth to find out for sure this time.
"It is like if you send a cow into a tunnel and at the other end a horse comes out."
This is the first time such an effect has been measured in a hurricane’s eyewall, though it’s been known to happen in many different kinds of storms.
Arthur Rathburn, 64, was convicted of leading a scheme that involved selling and renting body parts with HIV and Hepatitis B and C to dental and medical schools.
The recent images of Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano are as fascinating as they are disturbing - and this footage from above the cloud tops is just as dramatic.
Putting unusual things into the Large Hadron Collider can lead to some interesting scientific results.
