TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Aids vaccine 'no nearer' Despite 25 years of intense scientific effort none has been found, but there are still grounds for hope, says one of the world's leading authorities on the virus ft.com |
Prevalence of Bacteria in Making Snowflakes Is Seen as Widespread Scientists have known about bacteria’s role in ice nucleation for 40 years, but not how common it is. nytimes.com |
Methane found on planet outside Solar System Scientists have found the organic compound methane for the first time in the atmosphere of a planet outside our Solar System, orbiting a star some 63 light years away from the Earth. The discovery, made by Giovanna Tinetti from Univ ... english.people.com.cn |
What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish Naturalists as far back as Aristotle have known that fish make sounds but scientists are now starting to try to record and understand the wide variety of noises. nytimes.com |
Want to Know More? A Reading List “THE STUFF OF THOUGHT: Language as a Window into Human Nature,” by Steven Pinker, Viking. The author uses language to examine how the mind works, in perception and thought. nytimes.com |