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  • Even Chemists Are Baffled by This GIF of a Droplet Spiraling to Its Doom

    A single drop of solvent swirls like a tiny dancer atop a beaker of water, gradually jettisoning away little round bits of itself until nothing remains. Some who saw it thought it looked like a spinning galaxy, or the world’s tiniest hurricane. All who saw it wondered what the heck was going on — and that includes the researchers who conducted the experiment in 2011.

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  • Pilots report seeing ‘very fast’ UFO above Ireland

    The view from the airplane window just got a little bit weirder — or at least it did over Ireland.

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  • Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space

    Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them back to Earth for identification first, would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploration.

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  • Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings

    When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. What happens if gravity is no longer part of the equation?

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