Science News Staff

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  1. Quantum Physics

    U.S. marches to tick of new clock

    The atomic clock NIST-F2 has launched as the country’s official civilian time and frequency standard.

  2. Planetary Science

    Moon gets younger age estimate

    The moon may have formed about 95 million years after the birth of the solar system, up to 70 million years later than some scientists previously predicted.

  3. Climate

    World unprepared for changing climate, IPCC says

    The latest intergovernmental report says planetwide impacts continue.

  4. Psychology

    Grief takes its toll

    A person’s risk of heart attack or stroke is doubled in the month following the death of a spouse or partner.

  5. Life

    To do: Exhibits to explore in the U.S. and London

    Highlights include the impending arrival of a T. rex skeleton in Washington, D.C., a pterosaur exhibit coming to New York City, and the history of longevity at the Royal Society in London.

  6. Climate

    Natural climate shifts affect sea level rise

    A recent dip in the rate of sea level rise may be due to natural climate variability.

  7. Tech

    English Channel tunnel

    First proposed in 1802 as a tunnel for horse-drawn carriages, the Channel Tunnel, or Chunnel, was built starting in 1987 and opened in 1994.

  8. Planetary Science

    Mercury is more shriveled than originally thought

    Like a week-old party balloon, Mercury has shrunk over the last 4.6 billion years.

  9. Life

    Cell visible by own light

  10. Planetary Science

    Feedback

    Readers respond to a special report on neuroscience and discuss moon dust.

  11. Neuroscience

    Heartbeats help people see

    People were more likely to spot a flash of a hard-to-see ring when the image was presented right after a heartbeat

  12. Planetary Science

    Asteroid disintegrates while spinning too fast

    Asteroid P/2013 R3 is shattering into a cloud of debris in these images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.