TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Extreme Measures [Subscriber Only] Physicists use atom interferometry to measure gravity and other forces with unrivaled precision, and the technique could potentially guide airplanes and uncover buried caches of oil and diamonds. sciencenews.org |
Observatory: Falcons Used Formula for Glider Thermals Before Human Pilots Birds, it turns out, use pretty much the same approach to soaring as their human counterparts. nytimes.com |
New Recipe for Pollution Stew: Another chemical culprit adds to ozone [Subscriber Only] A reactive chemical in urban air cleans up some pollutants but could introduce another. sciencenews.org |
Observatory: Even by Parasite Standards, These Worms Stand Out The tiny nematode worm makes its host, a tropical ant, look like a bit of fruit, which in turn makes them enticing to birds. nytimes.com |
Wiped out! Palaeontology reveals much about the history of life on Earth - and that extinction is a part of it, says Tim Radford guardian.co.uk |