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Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (510+ words) Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day We may now know how Mercury gained its…...
Letter: Turning myths into solid geography
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (124+ words) New Scientist From Huw Ford, Porthcawl, Bridgend, UK Your article on Stone Age seafarers asks why prehistoric people would risk sailing towards land they couldn’t see. One possibility is that the motive was belief rather than necessity. A made-up story…...
Space science news, articles and features | Page 51 | New Scientist
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (158+ words) Studies show it is always best to bake your sweet potatoes, rather than boil or microwave them, and there is another trick to take the tubers to the next level of deliciousness, says Sam Wong... Candy-like mixture can print patterns…...
The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (754+ words) A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle He persuaded one man to…...