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Thursday, February 23, 2012

  • A new-found scar on the lunar far side.

    New Scars Found on Moon

    Long Trenches Hint at "Recent" Tectonic Activity

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  • Photo: Jupiter-like exoplanet

    New Ultradense Planet Found

    An odd Jupiter-like world is so compact that it defies established theory—and may even represent a new class of planet, astronomers say.

  • Icebergs in a blizzard near Graham Land, Antarctica.

    Why Earth Spun Faster in 2009

    A slower Antarctic current, possibly linked to El Niño, made our planet spin slightly faster in November 2009, a new study suggests.

  • Retina picture: highly commended in the Extreme Imaging competition

    Extreme Science Images: 2011's Best?

    An underwater city in 3-D and the sharpest picture of an atom yet are among winners of the 2011 Australian Extreme Imaging competition.

  • A plant grown from a 32,000-year-old seed.

    Oldest Seeds Regenerated

    The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has beaten the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years, a new study says.

  • Limbless amphibian picture: new caecilians (eggs) from India

    Photos: Limbless Amphibians Found

    They aren't worms or even snakes. They're burrowing, limbless amphibians, and they're completely new to science, a new study suggests.

  • A new-found scar on the lunar far side.

    Moon Tectonically Active?

    Long trenches spotted on lunar highlands suggest that the moon has been recently active, geologically speaking.

  • A new dam in Uganda.

    Uganda's Power Drive Stills Nile Rapids

    Uganda, where 90 percent of the people lack electricity, taps deeper into waterpower, by eliminating cascading rapids on the Victoria Nile.

  • Papua New Guinea picture: speaker of dying language Matukar Panau

    Hear Dying Tongues' Last Speakers

    Faces and recorded voices tell the stories of endangered languages, thanks to new "talking dictionaries."

  • Nebula picture: space clouds that look like a question mark

    Space Pictures This Week

    Nebulae punctuate the sky, Europe lifts up a new lightweight, Saturn moons get stacked, and more in the week's best space pictures.

  • A threatened Madagascan painted frog.

    Why Frog Skin Tastes Bittersweet

    It's a discovery perhaps only a frog-licking scientist could make: Toxic frogs secrete sugars and bile acids in addition to their poisons.

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