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Gene Expression

Sunday Stuff - October 23rd, 2011

Grissom gives the thumbs-up to Hunt Club 1 in this stacked, enhanced image during recovery operations. The dye from the dye marker canister is also visible in the surrounding waters.
(Credit: NASA/Andy Saunders. Source: Stephen Slater)


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Sixty years later, we present a plausible explanation for one of the most enduring mysteries of the space race.

Did Static Electricity — Not Gus Grissom — Blow the Hatch of the Liberty Bell 7 Spacecraft?

(Credit: Luca Bindi and Paul J. Steinhardt)

Red trinitite

Scientists once thought their structures impossible. Now, the discovery of the oldest man-made quasicrystal could expand the world of nuclear forensics.

The First Atomic Bomb Created This ‘Forbidden’ Quasicrystal 

Close-up of 3D microscopic blue bacteria

Microbes are really good at eating a range of substances, so humans are putting them to work cleaning up our messes — and our art. 

Sunday Stuff - October 23rd, 2011

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