Is There Life Inside Pluto? Its Hot Birth May Have Created An Internal Ocean
Pluto, along with many other dwarf planets in the outer solar system, is often thought of as dark, icy and barren – with a surface temperature of just −230°C.
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Stickney Crater: How A Martian Moon Came To Look Like The 'Death Star'
Mars' largest moon, Phobos, has captured public imagination because the dominant feature on its surface (22-kilometers across) is Stickney crater (9-km across), a mega crater that spans nearly half…
Phages: Scientists Create New Natural Weapon Against Bacterial Contamination And Infection
A new process uses harmless viruses that eat bacteria to form microscopic beads that can safely be applied to food and other materials to rid them of harmful pathogens such as E. coli. Though tiny,…
An Argument For Getting Rid Of Biological Sex Designations
Check out your birth certificate and surely you’ll see a designation for sex. When you were born, a doctor or clinician assigned you the “male” or “female” label based on a look at your genitalia. In…