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Science and Reason
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Science and reason is all about... science and reason. News and explanations of recent developments in the most intriguing branches of science. Philosophical and political issues of relevance are also discussed.
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Most Distant Known Object In The Universe
On April 23 of this year the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Telescope detected, just as it was designed to do, a gamma-ray burst (GRB). Within less than a day two of the most powerful Earth-based telescopes had begun studying the quickly fading light of the o...
A surprisingly compact early galaxy
Astronomers are beginning to learn significant details of the structure of galaxies in the early universe. And what they're learning is rather surprising: at least some early galaxies are almost as massive as otherwise similar galaxies in the present...
NGC 4945: The Milky Way’s not-so-distant Cousin
NGC 4945: The Milky Way’s not-so-distant Cousin (9/2/09)ESO has released a striking new image of a nearby galaxy that many astronomers think closely resembles our own Milky Way. Though the galaxy is seen edge-on, observations of NGC 4945 suggest th...
Telomerase and Wnt signaling
Now that research into telomeres and telomerase has (finally) garnered a Nobel Prize, it's a good time to write about recent research on the subject.Seminal work on telomeres by Elizabeth Blackburn, one of the Nobel winners, was published way back in...
Pygmalion
Inventor Demonstrates Humanoid Robot's Latest AI Abilities (8/25/09)In August 2007, Le Trung invented Aiko, a Yumecom, or "Dream Computer Robot." Although it took only a month and a half to build Aiko's exterior, the artificial intelligence softw...
A Look into the Hellish Cradles of Suns and Solar Systems
A Look into the Hellish Cradles of Suns and Solar Systems (8/19/09)New images released today by ESO delve into the heart of a cosmic cloud, called RCW 38, crowded with budding stars and planetary systems. There, young stars bombard fledgling suns and...


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