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USA TODAY

If you have ever wanted to swim with sharks, chances are you already have. Especially, if you frequent any southern California beaches. SoCal beaches have become a hotbed for juvenile great white sharks in recent years. Since beaches have warmer water, …

The Planetary Society

Back when optical telescopes were the only tools humans had to peer into space, all we could see of our nearest celestial neighbor was a cloud-shrouded planet. Some scientists at the time thought that Venus might not be too different from Earth, since both …

Nature.com

In vitro model networks could provide cellular models of physiological relevance to reproduce and investigate the basic function of neural circuits on a chip in the laboratory. Several tools and methods have been developed since the past decade to …

USA TODAY

After a weekend of meteor showers, skywatchers will have another treat as the calendar turns to August. The first of two full moons in August will reach its peak on Tuesday, August 1. And as an added bonus, both of the full moons this month are also …

Phys.Org

“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.

Longmont Times-Call

If you’ve never been much of a skywatcher, these August nights will give you all kinds of good reasons to get into the habit. Daniel Zantzinger …

Astronomy Magazine

These odd celestial bodies could alert us to distant disturbances in the fabric of spacetime, teach us about the formation of elements, and unlock the secrets of how gravity and particle physics work in some of the most extreme conditions in the universe.

Nature.com

Earlier research identified candidate genes for parthenogenesis, says study co-author Alexis Sperling, a developmental biologist at the University of Cambridge, UK. But her team, she says, not only pinpointed such genes but also confirmed their function by …

The Longmont Leader

The Big Bang kick-started the universe as we know it 13.8 billion years ago. Many theories in particle physics suggest that for all the matter created at the universe’s conception, an equal amount of antimatter should have been created alongside it.

Space.com

Changes to atmospheric circulation caused by global warming may persist for centuries after carbon dioxide concentrations decrease. Comments (6). Picture shows the Mediano reservoir at 25.5% of its capacity due to the ongoing drought.