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Science Archive

Archives for November 2014

Space
Philae is stuck in a shadowy crater. Its battery is dying. What happens next?Philae is stuck in a shadowy crater. Its battery is dying. What happens next?
Space

There’s good news and bad news for the historic mission

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
Want a better memory? Here’s what science says you should do.Want a better memory? Here’s what science says you should do.
Neuroscience

Some of these tips are remarkably easy.

By Susannah Locke
Space
Photos from the Philae landing: What a comet’s surface looks like up closePhotos from the Philae landing: What a comet’s surface looks like up close
Space

These are the first photos ever taken from the surface of a comet

By Joseph Stromberg
Space
The Rosetta comet mission cost half as much as the US midterm electionsThe Rosetta comet mission cost half as much as the US midterm elections
Space

Even more crazy: it cost just 7.4 percent as much as the Sochi Olympics.

By Joseph Stromberg
Space
The best photos from the Rosetta mission’s comet landingThe best photos from the Rosetta mission’s comet landing
Space

Today, people landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time ever. This is what it looked like.

By Susannah Locke
Climate
We just landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Here’s why it matters.We just landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Here’s why it matters.
Climate

We’d landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny Philae probe just made it seven.

By Joseph Stromberg
Space
Watch the Philae mission to land on a comet liveWatch the Philae mission to land on a comet live
Space

We’re moments away from finding out if the mission is a success

By Joseph Stromberg
Video
The unprecedented comet landing, explained in 3 minutesThe unprecedented comet landing, explained in 3 minutes
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Video

Comets may have brought the ingredients of life to Earth. Now we’re repaying the visit.

By Joseph Stromberg and Joss Fong
Almanac
Space is vast. These newspaper headlines tell you just how vast.Space is vast. These newspaper headlines tell you just how vast.
Almanac

When you look at a nearby star, the light you see was emitted during the OJ Simpson trial.

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
How bionic technology will change what it means to be humanHow bionic technology will change what it means to be human
Neuroscience

Researchers have already built exoskeletons for super strength and artificial eyes that let the blind see.

By Susannah Locke
Space
Philae is about to become the first spacecraft ever to land on a cometPhilae is about to become the first spacecraft ever to land on a comet
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Space

We’ve landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny spacecraft is about to make it seven.

By Joseph Stromberg
Neuroscience
Did you know there’s a part of your brain called “the slime gland”?Did you know there’s a part of your brain called “the slime gland”?
Neuroscience

These diagrams show what anatomical names really mean.

By Susannah Locke
Climate
This time lapse of the Sun reveals the largest sunspot in 24 yearsThis time lapse of the Sun reveals the largest sunspot in 24 years
Climate

The sunspot is as big as Jupiter and fired off six X-class flares in the last two weeks of October.

By Brad Plumer
Science
Why you’re so tired on Monday morningsWhy you’re so tired on Monday mornings
Science

Use the science of social jetlag to your advantage.

By Susannah Locke
Culture
Taylor Swift’s new music video is back onlineTaylor Swift’s new music video is back online
Culture

Monday morning, Yahoo posted Taylor Swift’s second music video off of 1989. The video for “Blank Space” features Swift and male model Sean O’Pry in a lavish mansion where Swift is casually going crazy.

By Kelsey McKinney