Topic: Physics

Today in Research

The Mediterranean Diet Is Officially This Good for Your Heart

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Discovered: A famous diet can improve heart health by as much as 30 percent; maybe organic tomatoes are better for you after all; signs of an ancient underwater continent; Spider-Man's hypothetical web could stop a hypothetical train, according to physics.

By Alex Eichler

Feb 15, 2010

The Pros and Cons of Privatized Space Exploration

Not everybody is over the moon about it

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By John Hudson

Feb 1, 2010

Eulogies for the End of Manned Moon Missions

The president's proposed budget would slash NASA's moon program. Bloggers wax nostalgic.

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Jan 4, 2010

Good Question!

Why Do People Like the Golden Ratio?

The mystery of a perplexing, ubiquitous, and beautiful proportion

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By Heather Horn

Dec 30, 2009

New Year's Blue Moon: Grab Your Telescope and Vinyls

Parsing the portents of a rare astronomical event

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By Carl Franzen

Dec 17, 2009

Super-Earth Found! So What?

Astronomers are elated: they've discovered a close extrasolar planet with water and an atmosphere

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By Carl Franzen

Dec 10, 2009

Bad Theories Swirl Around Norway 'Sky Spiral' Missile

UFO, marketing gimmick, hoax? Until Russia fessed up, bloggers were stumped about the source of the strange lights

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 24, 2009

Rebooting the Large Hadron Collider

Bloggers cheered the newly repaired 'Big Bang Machine' and jeered its detractors

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By Mara Gay

Nov 13, 2009

Scientists Are Elated as NASA Finds Water On the Moon

Experts and pundits are ecstatic about the possibilities

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 13, 2009

Good Question!

Is the Large Hadron Collider Being Sabotaged?

Two physicists speculate that people from the future are thwarting the particle accelerator

Comments | 517 Views

By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 9, 2009

The 10 Most Slack-Jawed Reactions to NASA's Moon Bombing

Pundits go agape at NASA's investigation into whether there's water under the surface of the moon

Comments | 40 Views

By Benjamin F. Carlson

Aug 4, 2009

Why the World's Largest Science Project Is Delayed

Leaks in the Large Hadron Collider have forced scientists to grimace patiently until November

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