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Whence Matter?

Tags: Physics

An asymmetry between matter and antimatter which is much larger than what is predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics may have been discovered.

Clues to Missing Matter

Tags: Astronomy

The Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton have detected a huge reservoir of interstellar gas apparently embedded in a large-scale structure known as the Sculptor Wall, some 400 million light years from Earth.

Artificial Life

Tags: Biology

An entirely synthetic copy of a bacteria genome has been successfully used to recreate the bacteria.

A hole in space… no really, an actual hole!

Tags: Astronomy

A dark region of space thought to be dark because of dust turns out to be really empty.

Overfishing gives toxic seaweeds an edge in their competition with corals

Tags: Biology

Seaweed is not just taking advantage of the vacancies appearing due to the dying out of coral: some are actively waging chemical warfare.

Galaxy cluster at the edge of the Universe

Tags: Astronomy

Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy cluster ever seen so far.

There is a little bit of Neanderthal in many of us

A partially assembled draft of 60% of the Neanderthal genome is constructed from the remains of three bone fragments.

A single genetic fault makes one hand mirror the other’s movements

Tags: Biology

A single faulty gene can cause "mirror movements", where moving one side of the body, particularly the hands, causes the other to move unintentionally.

Dramatic restructuring of dinosaur feathers revealed by two youngsters of same species

Feathers of some dinosaurs may have changed dramatically as they grew older, in a way that we don’t see in any modern bird.

Chimpanzees Prefer Fair Play To Reaping An Unjust Reward

Tags: Biology

Fairness is not only essential to the human social contract, it also plays an important role in the lives of nonhuman primates more generally.

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