New solar system models show Earth is no fluke

Over the past three decades, computer models of planetary system formation have gone from fairly crude representations to sophisticated simulations using thousands of different starting points.A paper...

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists Consider Hunting Alien Civilizations Using Dyson Spheres that Harvest Energy from Black Holes

By: Rhodilee Jean Dolor In 1960, the physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson published “Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infra-Red Radiation.” The paper, which was featured in the journal...

Microbial clocks can accurately estimate time since death

New research reveals that microbial clocks—forensic tools that track the succession and development of bacteria and fungi involved in decomposition after death—are highly accurate for estimating time since...