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If climate scientists are in it for the money, they’re doing it wrong
It's Memorial Day, all Ars staff is off, and we're grateful for it (running a site remains tough work). But on a normal Monday, inevitably we'd continue to monitor news from the world of climate change. Our John Timmer examined the claims that scientists are in it solely for the money...
Scientists say early Earth’s atmosphere would have left us light-headed
Scientists add twists to protein designs
Biochemists from the University...
Scientists say supernovae spread fallout when human ancestors walked the earth
Researchers say they’ve found evidence of supernova explosions that spewed radioactive fallout over Earth during the age when humanity’s ancestors were...
Scientists take gorilla genome to next level
A team led by University of Washington researchers has taken a second turn at sequencing the gorilla genome, putting...
Scientists dissect Pluto’s heart, for geology’s sake
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the scientists behind NASA’s New Horizons mission are sharing a map that brings a different perspective to Pluto’s heart. The map shows clearly that the dwarf planet’s bright heart-shaped region, informally known as Tombaugh Regio, can be broken into two geologically...
Stephen Hawking: Mad scientists could kill us all – that’s why we need space colonies
British physicist Stephen Hawking says we need to colonize other worlds because humanity will almost certainly face a disaster on Earth sometime in the next few millennia – perhaps a disaster of our own making. Among the risks he outlined in a...
Did 5,300-year-old Iceman have an ulcer? Mummy’s gut bacteria surprise scientists
An analysis of the stomach contents from a 5,300-year-old European mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman has turned up a double surprise, scientists say. First, the researchers found DNA traces of a nasty strain of bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, which is linked to...
Suspecting climate change conspiracy, Judicial Watch sues NOAA for scientists’ e-mails
We’ve been covering the twists and turns of Congressman Lamar Smith’s (R-Tex.) tussle with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Rep. Smith, who chairs the House Science Committee, has accused NOAA scientists of manipulating climate data for political ends. While the NOAA has provided Smith with all the (publicly available) data and methodology behind the peer-reviewed study in question, Smith has also subpoenaed...
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