Pluto’s Origins
A violent collision between two worlds may have given rise to Pluto and its satellites.
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Pluto’s Big Discoveries
A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.
Critical Materials
A government laboratory works to maintain supplies of some little-known metals.
Fish Night Vision
A light-concentrating night vision technology inspired by an aquarium fish.
Tomato Power
Scientists are isolating and synthesizing the chemical compounds that make hops bitter, and studying …
Insect Wings & Vision
Futuristic eye implants could fight microbes with structures that mimic the bacteria busting wings …
Water Skiing Beetles
Specialized wings and claws propel a beetle across water at breakneck speeds.
Dark Mercury
How did Mercury get to be the darkest planet in the solar system?
Methane Leak Lessons
The massive methane leak in California’s Aliso canyon highlights the global side effects of the …
Why Are Plants Green?
The dominance of green chlorophyll on Earth may have come after a more purple period.