NASA to livestream total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 with expert commentary and experiments
A total solar eclipse will be visible on Wednesday, Aug. 12 in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal, it was announced.
» readResearchers Discover Hundreds of Ancient Geoglyphs in Amazon, Suggesting Larger Civilization Than Expected
Researchers used remote sensing instruments on a plane to survey a 4,497-square-kilometer region in Brazil, detecting 396 new earthworks.
» readStudy suggests geometric reasoning in humans and monkeys differs in degree, not kind
A new study has found that monkeys and humans share similar geometric intuitions, challenging the idea that humans possess a uniquely abstract form of reasoning about shapes.
» readNew Scientist Book Club explores civilisation on the brink in Claire North’s ‘Slow Gods’
The New Scientist Book Club’s July selection, Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods, has been praised by members for its elegant writing and thought-provoking themes.
» readCuriosity rover discovers vast field of honeycomb patterns on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured a 360-degree panorama of a Martian valley covered in honeycomb-like polygonal fractures, a discovery that mission scientists described as breathtaking. The geometric shapes, each measuring 1.
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