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Credit: Science Source / SPL At the center of Rosalind Franklin’s tombstone, in London’s Willesden Jewish Cemetery, is the word “scientist.” This is followed by the inscription, “Your virus research and discoveries continue to be of lasting benefit to humanity.” As one of the preeminent scientists of the 20th century, …

After five years of looking into the deepest reaches of space, researchers have released what they call the “largest three-dimensional map of the universe.” No, you can’t see your house. The mind-blowing map is the result of an ongoing project called the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), an ambitious international …

The shochu distillation remains diet is an inexpensive way to reduce animal stress and improve meat quality. The tastiest pork comes from pigs that eat leftover barley after making the Japanese shochu liqueur. A team of professional brewers and academic farmers claim that the nutrients in the fermented barley leftovers …

This time, NASA plans to send its most capable rover to date, Perseverance, Zurbuchen continued. At around 10 feet in length, it is also the longest and heaviest rover built by NASA to date. “Perseverance is our first astrobiology mission,” he noted. “In this case, search for ancient life as …

The spiral galaxy NGC 4217 has a huge magnetic field that is shown here as green lines. Data for this visualization was recorded with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope from the National Science Foundation. The image of the galaxy shown from the side is taken …