Share this on WhatsApp A lot will be riding on the European Space Agency’s (ESA’S) Euclid spacecraft when it blasts off in a rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in September 2022—far more than its 1.2-meter telescope and twosophisticated wide-field-imaging instruments. Paired with complementary measurements from two other next-generation facilities—the Vera […]
Share this on WhatsApp Originally published in November 1954 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “When a golden pheasant cock displays his brilliant plumage before the hen, we are accustomed to say he is courting her. Just what this expression means when applied to a nonhuman animal is far from clear; the idea is so obviously anthropomorphic […]
Share this on WhatsApp Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It almost certainly originated in bats, and a new study out this week—the most comprehensive analysis of coronaviruses in China—adds further weight to that theory. But the lack of clarity around how […]