Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News HERE TODAY Violent collisions in the early solar system, illustrated here, probably broke apart would-be planets — but diamonds forged in those planets’ cores may have made it to Earth as meteorites. A chunk of...
Author: Oliver Balch / Source: Positive News Bad news about our planet can paralyse us, says former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. Instead, it’s time to focus on the opportunities in tackling climate change. She explains why ‘radical collaboration and...
Author: Lisa Grossman / Source: Science News for Students An artist’s view of a gigantic flare leaving Proxima Centauri in March 2017. This massive release of energy appears to fizzle hopes that its nearby Earth-mass planet can host life. The sun’s nearest...
Author: Sarah Laskow / Source: Atlas Obscura An artist’s conception of planets found by Kepler. One of the greatest challenges that civilizations face is communicating across vast distances. Over the millennia humans have gotten much better (and faster) at...
Author: Science News Staff / Source: Science News Similar to their hunter-gatherer counterparts, many children in Western societies prefer play that mimics the things that adults do, Bruce Bower reported in “When it’s playtime, many kids prefer reality over...
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