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Lightning bolts striking behind a church steeple

 A spy plane designed to measure gamma ray bursts detected them frequently and discovered some new forms.

Tropical Storms Produce Radiation More Often Than Expected

Geneva, Switzerland – April 2010: CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, where the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 using the ATLAS detector (Credit: D-VISIONS/Shutterstock)

ATLAS detector used for Higgs boson discovery in 2012

Since its 2012 detection, the Higgs boson has fascinated researchers for its unique role in separating forces of nature. Find out how the "God" particle helps shape our universe.

What Is the Higgs Boson?

Alien spaceship, UFO, emitting light beam in air over lake

The Fermi Paradox explores the haunting contradiction: if alien civilizations exist, why haven’t we found them? NASA advisor Paul Sutter unpacks this cosmic mystery.

What Is the Fermi Paradox?

Zihao Ou, assistant professor of physics at the University of Texas at Dallas, holds a vial of the common yellow food coloring tartrazine in solution. Ou and his colleagues report that they made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice transparent by applying to the areas a mixture of water and tartrazine.

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See-through Solution

Using a solution of yellow dye and water changes the way light interacts with the skin’s surface, rendering it transparent.

Scientists Create a See-Through Solution that Renders Skin Transparent

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in flight. (Credit: Vlad Lazarenko/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA)

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Helicopters are versatile aircraft.

Flying In Helicopters Is Safer Than You Might Think 

falling-physics-cat

Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.

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