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SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker - Harvard University

SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker - Harvard University

Jonny Kim will address Harvard’s global alumni community.

NASA's '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft' will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028 - Space

NASA's '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft' will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028 - Space

Skyfall will fly on Space Reactor-1 Freedom, which will demonstrate "advanced nuclear electric propulsion in deep space."

'Dead End': Radical 20-Year Study Reveals Genetic Cloning Hits a Limit - ScienceAlert

'Dead End': Radical 20-Year Study Reveals Genetic Cloning Hits a Limit - ScienceAlert

Scientists have pushed the limits of mammal cloning until the whole house of cards has come tumbling down.

NASA made a jaw-dropping map of Earth's seafloor from space, using an ingenious technique - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

NASA made a jaw-dropping map of Earth's seafloor from space, using an ingenious technique - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

A global map of the ocean floor has been produced using data captured by the Earth-orbiting SWOT satellite.

Giant Star's Mysterious X-Rays Finally Explained After 50 Years - ScienceAlert

Giant Star's Mysterious X-Rays Finally Explained After 50 Years - ScienceAlert

For 50 years, astronomers have been watching in bafflement as a giant star flickers with powerful, erratic X-ray emission.

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins - Nature

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins - Nature

Researchers are pulling clues from genetic material in ice age soils and rewriting chapters of human history.

Far from junk: the clock in our DNA and its discoverer - Aeon

Far from junk: the clock in our DNA and its discoverer - Aeon

The biologist Victoria Foe discovered a timing device in ‘junk’ DNA that could unlock the evolution of complex life

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon - WIRED

The Trip to the Far Side of the Moon - WIRED

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.

Sperm whale headbutt filmed for the first time - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Sperm whale headbutt filmed for the first time - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Marine scientists have filmed and scientifically described sperm whales headbutting each other for the first time – validating what mariners have said since the 19th century.