Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Atomic images reveal why one common mineral is superior at producing ice
Nanoscale imaging shows ice can form across flat microcline surfaces without relying only on cracks or step edges.
The universe still has plenty of hydrogen, so why is it making fewer stars?
Galaxies are making far fewer stars even though much of their atomic hydrogen reservoir remains surprisingly intact.
Mars’s mantle may be hundreds of degrees hotter beneath one hemisphere
Tiny changes in spacecraft orbits suggest Mars’s famous north-south divide reaches deep into its mantle.
Two unknown human ancestors still live in our DNA
Modern genomes preserve traces of ancient relatives that mixed with human ancestors in Africa and Eurasia.