JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission(science.org)

97 points by Muhammad523 8 days ago | 19 comments

Science news feature on Japan's MMX mission, which aims to return samples from Mars's moon Phobos to learn how it formed and possibly retrieve pieces of Mars.

Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal(science.org)

97 points by xqcgrek2 24 days ago | 47 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that analysis of uranium cubes shows Nazi Germany's experimental reactor lacked enough uranium and heavy water to succeed.

Archaeologists unveil 3,500-year-old city in Peru(bbc.co.uk)

171 points by neversaydie 1 year ago | 61 comments

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't(science.org)

281 points by pavel_lishin 20 days ago | 95 comments

Science news article reporting a new analysis arguing Rosalind Franklin recognized the helical structure in her Photograph 51, refuting James Watson's claim.

Giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy(science.org)

170 points by gammarator 1 year ago | 59 comments

The last Inca bridge master(bbc.com)

130 points by andsoitis 1 year ago | 27 comments

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds(science.org)

402 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 350 comments

Science magazine news article reporting an analysis finding that sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake scientific papers.

Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him(electrek.co)

379 points by xbmcuser 1 year ago | 188 comments

Electrek article about a scientist who exposed anti-wind groups as oil-funded and now faces efforts to silence him.

Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources(19thnews.org)

445 points by benwerd 3 months ago | 175 comments

Blog post by Ben Werdmuller linking to The 19th's story about former NOAA staff rebuilding the defunct Climate.gov resource as Climate.us using open data.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants(dpa-international.com)

828 points by mpweiher 5 months ago | 844 comments

A dpa International news report that Belgium is halting the decommissioning of its nuclear power plants.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.