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Scientists Trace Mystery Source of Gas Banned by 1987 Agreement to China

Sarah Iqbal 29/05/2019

While the case against China is clear, other Asian...

A flower of the plant Aristolochia indica. Credit: ChanduBandi/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Substance in Birthwort Plant, Staple of Herbal Medicine, Linked to Liver Cancer

Sarah Iqbal 12/11/2017

As a mutagen, aristolochic acid is more potent than...

In the constellation Cassiopeia, 7,100 lightyears away, a start 45-times as heavy as our Sun is blowing out superhot winds of gas travelling at 6.4 million km/hr. These winds push against the much cooler blanket of interstellar gas, bunching them up along the surface of a giant bubble over seven lightyears across. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

10 Iconic Images to Recall 26 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/04/2016

Because of the popularity of its images, Hubble will...