Quote of the Week
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."
Mark TwainTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Stephen Colbert’s trapdoor spider connects comedy, chromosomes and conservation
Stephen Colbert’s namesake trapdoor spider has a repeat-rich genome that offers clues to chromosome evolution and could guide California coastal conservation.
White dwarf’s intense gravity rips asteroids apart without grinding them into fine dust
Asteroids torn apart near white dwarfs may leave large fragments rather than immediate dust, revealing a missing stage in the evolution of planetary debris.
Earth’s gravitational pull could explain the Moon’s long volcanic history
A lunar model suggests Earth’s tidal pull could concentrate heat near the Moon’s core, offering a possible clue to its prolonged history of volcanic activity.
Scientists use light to control random motion inside molecules
A molecular motor acts as a light-controlled brake on a neighboring rotor, combining experimental evidence of slower motion with large calculated rate changes.