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Let it snow: Scientists make metallic snowflakes out of nanoparticles

Enlarge / SEM image of a nanoscale snowflake self-assembled from zinc dissolved in a liquid gallium solvent.Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland There's rarely...

J. Robert Oppenheimer cleared of “black mark” against his name after 68 years

Enlarge / A young J. Robert Oppenheimer in April 1945. He led the Manhattan Project during World War II to develop the first atomic...

Danish physicists give the gift of world’s smallest Christmas record—in stereo

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vOelf8iOzT0&start=0&wmode=transparent The first 25 seconds of a classic Christmas song was inscribed into polymer film using the Nanofrazor 3D lithography system. Physicists at...

John Cleese’s classic “silly walk” burns more calories than a normal gait

Walking like John Cleese's character, Mr. Teabag, in Monty Python's famous "Ministry of Silly Walks" skit requires considerably more...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer wows with 6 distinct animation styles

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cqGjhVJWtEg&start=0&wmode=transparent Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Four years after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is back and...

“Fake” Roman coins authenticated, bearing likeness of lost Roman emperor

Enlarge / This Sponsian gold coin, circa 260-c.270 CE, was part of a cache discovered in Transylvania in 1713.The Hunterian, University of Glasgow ...

New kilonova has astronomers rethinking what we know about gamma-ray bursts

Enlarge / Artist’s impression of GRB 211211A. The kilonova and gamma-ray burst is on the right.Aaron M. Geller/Northwestern/CIERA A year ago, astronomers discovered...

Here’s how marsh grass shrimp reduce drag while swimming

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YfHgDmknO3o&start=0&wmode=transparent This is how a free-swimming marsh grass shrimp (Palaemonetes vulgaris) moves forward using metachronal locomotion to reduce drag. Marsh grass shrimp (Palaemonetes...

Oxford scientists crack case of why ketchup splatters from near-empty bottle

Enlarge / Getting those few last dollops of ketchup out of the bottle can lead to unexpected splattering.Getty Images Ketchup is one...

Lost 8th century Japanese medical text by Buddhist monk has been found

Enlarge / Priest in Meditation, 15th century. Possibly the blind Chinese priest Jianzhen (Ganjin in Japanese; 688-763).Heritage Images/Getty Images The practice of...

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