http://www.wsws.org/topics/site_area/science/ http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/15/hawk-m15.html In a letter explaining his decision to pull out of Israel’s Presidential conference, noted theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explained that Israeli government policy “is likely to lead to disaster.” Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7616931f-3452-4fcf-aa82-2cb60c232caF/hawk-m15.html 2013-05-15T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/13/warm-m13.html Carbon dioxide levels are at the highest in human history, a further indication that human activity is driving global warming. Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/108e8c72-ab2e-432a-9c35-bb229efd84fA/warm-m13.html 2013-05-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/07/hshl-m07.html On April 29, the Herschel Space Observatory exhausted its supply of ultra-cold liquid helium coolant, required to do its most sensitive observations. Tue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d9f0fe08-4d81-4b5b-b610-c7a7df66d76D/hshl-m07.html 2013-05-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/30/coel-a30.html Decoding of the full genetic sequence of the coelacanth, a member of a group known as lobe-finned fish, has helped to explain some of the key genetic mechanisms associated with the evolution of life. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c14fbbf9-a89a-40cc-adfb-588586facfdL/coel-a30.html 2013-04-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/22/exop-a22.html Earth-like extra-solar planets have been found orbiting in the “habitable zone,” where radiation levels would permit the existence of the building blocks of life. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/61aef43a-d34c-46e0-a6f5-64e4ba26f98L/exop-a22.html 2013-04-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/09/rese-a09.html Up to 15,000 scientists from around the country attended Monday’s rally, which was called by the American Association for Cancer Research. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/e906c4a7-cf23-46bf-9481-ec08726ddceO/rese-a09.html 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/30/aids-m30.html Researchers have been able to neutralize the HIV virus from causing harm in two separate studies. Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/a24949bb-dba0-4c7b-906b-30db4faadebD/aids-m30.html 2013-03-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/23/higg-m23.html The major collaborators in research at the Large Hadron Collider have jointly announced that the new particle discovered last year is the Higgs boson. Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d6b6ca0d-6a6c-4abf-a498-d39f4e442ddN/higg-m23.html 2013-03-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/26/canc-f26.html The decision serves to entrench the rights of biotech companies as they scramble to obtain, enforce and profit from patents on genetic material. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/c93c08f5-e46c-4974-9e5f-c75831b77e4G/canc-f26.html 2013-02-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/22/mamm-f22.html A major study using both fossil and genetic data has produced a detailed reconstruction of the ancestral placental mammal and supports the interpretation that the great adaptive radiation of mammals took place only after the extinction of dinosaurs. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/ce9fe978-3983-43ef-84b0-ff71bf62954O/mamm-f22.html 2013-02-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/18/mete-f18.html The meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia marks the first conjunction of a frequent and natural occurrence—the collision of the Earth with debris left over from the formation of the solar system—with a modern metropolis. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/bafb4ef5-3d79-4f4e-a086-aea2049119dM/mete-f18.html 2013-02-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/04/phys-j04.html A team of astronomers has determined that the ratio of the mass of the proton to the mass of the electron has been stable for at least seven billion years. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f3bbfb04-74c9-4b4e-995f-4eaadb00c0dF/phys-j04.html 2013-01-04T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/18/tool-d18.html A newly reported microlithic technology from a site in South Africa helps close the apparent temporal gap between the biological evolution of modern humans and the archaeological evidence of fully modern cognitive abilities. Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f3cf7aca-320e-4cf3-8167-c156464552aN/tool-d18.html 2012-12-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/11/clim-n27.html The impact of climate change on all aspects of life has been more concretely analyzed in reports issued over the past decade. Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/a1eda396-3ae1-45ed-b1a6-f67c44cec64G/clim-n27.html 2012-11-27T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/11/noaa-n06.html The end of the current generation of environmental satellites will likely produce a gap lasting up to four years, in which crucial data used in predicting the intensity of hurricanes will not be collected. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2534b2b0-0a23-4c3f-962f-4081d09eb1fP/noaa-n06.html 2012-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/10/cent-o24.html A planet with similar mass to the Earth has been found orbiting α Centauri B, our closest interstellar neighbor. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/979b0cd8-b18e-48ac-8c77-afd3b76c468F/cent-o24.html 2012-10-24T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/09/voya-s28.html Voyager 1 and 2 have flown through the Solar System for 35 years and now Voyager 1 is on the verge of becoming humanity’s first interstellar spacecraft. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/43ebec48-264c-458b-a5ce-6fd561503feK/voya-s28.html 2012-09-28T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/foss-a31.html Newly reported fossils from East Africa indicate multiple branches in early human evolution. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2194f0fd-228b-417c-858b-a02f65294f8O/foss-a31.html 2012-08-31T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/mars-a07.html Curiosity, NASA’s latest Mars rover, has successfully landed on target at Gale crater. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/114952ae-0bbd-4f0e-b18c-495bf0a606fH/mars-a07.html 2012-08-07T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/warm-a02.html The sudden melting of the Greenland ice shelf is an indicator that global warming is beginning to have a very widespread impact on human life. Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/6c276e97-4d1b-4d58-a0cd-b8732f6acb7G/warm-a02.html 2012-08-02T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/07/cave-j10.html It is possible that simple representations such as disks and negative hand prints, which new dating indicates were the earliest forms of cave art, were, in fact, originated by Neanderthals. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/13e0e7b8-19a8-4ea7-bbd6-d19c61bda45I/cave-j10.html 2012-07-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/07/higg-j05.html Results jointly released from the Large Hadron Collider have confirmed the existence of a new fundamental particle, which has the high possibility of being the long sought after Higgs boson. Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/257012b9-89f4-4216-afe2-4d31fb47c9fD/higg-j05.html 2012-07-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/06/venu-j05.html The Sun, the planet Venus and the Earth will line up so that Venus appears to pass across the disk of the Sun. Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2a14af93-637f-41c5-8d6b-6aea1977d5bG/venu-j05.html 2012-06-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/05/juic-m17.html The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a €1.1 billion unmanned mission to the ice moons of the planet Jupiter. Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/cc43c642-93fd-42bf-848b-6a3771c3468A/juic-m17.html 2012-05-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/04/clim-a20.html An unusual heat wave east of the Rocky Mountains has made March 2012 the warmest March on record for the contiguous United States. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/bb220bee-71a4-4d73-ae51-3c4a21e1f5bC/clim-a20.html 2012-04-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/04/coll-a13.html What makes things heavy? How does the origin of mass connect with other physical theories? The Large Hadron Collider was built in Switzerland to experimentally test theoretical work that suggests an answer to these questions. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/ea2115f2-800d-495f-b938-bf64068378bG/coll-a13.html 2012-04-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/scie-f25.html Reprioritization of funding in the proposed budget, together with statements by Obama, indicates a decisive shift toward further subordination of public research to corporate interests. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7c7ef60c-fd14-4abd-af12-b6385c926feE/scie-f25.html 2012-02-25T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/kuhn-f17.html The following contribution from William Whitlow extends a discussion that began with his article last fall, Thomas S. Kuhn, post-modernism and materialist dialectics, and continued with a response by Philip Guelpa, A friendly response to William Whitlow’s comments on Thomas Kuhn. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/db0be855-d6dd-497d-be69-5c79aa2fb60I/kuhn-f17.html 2012-02-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/h5n1-f10.html The investigators discovered how a mutation of the deadly virus could lead to its airborne transmission between human beings. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/84dd7646-d346-4d82-a142-918ed421fc1J/h5n1-f10.html 2012-02-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/gala-f03.html A team of biologists from Yale University has found evidence that a species of Galapagos tortoise, believed extinct for more than a century, has survived in one of the remote parts of the Galapagos island chain. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/bc2854cc-ed9a-428e-9df9-0e004e8c059N/gala-f03.html 2012-02-03T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/01/kuhn-j30.html This commentary is written as a supplement to the WSWS article “Thomas S. Kuhn, post-modernism and materialist dialectics,” by William Whitlow. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/97c84908-ccf5-420b-8f7a-107948978c1M/kuhn-j30.html 2012-01-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/12/higg-d29.html Physicists are close to confirming detection of the last undiscovered particle predicted by the “Standard Model” of particle physics. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/98f7a551-49f1-4d4d-83fa-6a45b133c85C/higg-d29.html 2011-12-29T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/12/nean-d27.html DNA derived from the Neanderthals has been found in many human populations around the globe Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/de6001ef-37d8-4386-9517-17581b0bde7C/nean-d27.html 2011-12-27T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/11/dawk-n12.html In his latest book, written for young people, evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins shows how—and why—to fall in love with reality. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/ec5e5a38-e5d9-4587-9bcd-586432bce66E/dawk-n12.html 2011-11-12T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/11/neut-n04.html Initial results from a group of scientists appear to indicate that neutrinos travel at a velocity greater than the speed of light. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7463a764-4a42-4ae9-a46a-17c5d6d8c10N/neut-n04.html 2011-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/10/kuhn-o28.html William Whitlow replies to a reader’s inquiry about sociologist Thomas S. Kuhn, author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d58394f0-140d-4ca5-b52b-f785c5ff4ffP/kuhn-o28.html 2011-10-28T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/09/foss-s23.html A newly reported fossil discovery from the Malapa, South Africa may provide greater insight into the evolution of the genus Homo from our australopithecine ancestors. The fossils consist of remains of two individuals, an adult female and juvenile male, possibly a mother and son. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b6e0a7ed-bc28-4d40-a292-5ad36a5363bL/foss-s23.html 2011-09-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/09/viki-s16.html Archaeologists have discovered a mass grave of decapitated Vikings on the southern coast of England dating from AD 910-AD1034. Scientists think they may have been caught and killed by locals. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/ffc32d9c-e5ba-4275-9d21-998829e91e3G/viki-s16.html 2011-09-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/anti-a26.html The research provides further confirmation of quantum mechanics. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/9cabb765-6759-4587-ae8b-0a6e30692b3I/anti-a26.html 2011-08-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/shut-a19.html The American manned space program is shutting down indefinitely, an event that has considerable historical significance. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/fae41b5b-f140-45c6-851a-9984bff4bceJ/shut-a19.html 2011-08-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/quan-a12.html A team led by Susumu Takahashi has pioneered a new step forward toward the development of a fully functional quantum computer. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/9eef0cd2-cbe4-4239-9637-4a5d71b61c1J/quan-a12.html 2011-08-12T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/ring-a05.html The Herschel Space Observatory has identified a twisted ring of dust and gas at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. Parts of the ring have been seen before but this is the first time it has been observed as a whole. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/38564a53-9b38-4baf-98a9-73a1e2c101aH/ring-a05.html 2011-08-05T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/dawn-j20.html The NASA mission will study the two largest asteroids, first Vesta, then Ceres. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/06f8eff0-6669-4308-bc86-f8e484f8c3aA/dawn-j20.html 2011-07-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/watt-j23.html Anyone with an hour or two to spare in London over the next year will be rewarded by a visit to the James Watt exhibition at the Science Museum.[1] As befits an exhibition relating to this genius whose inventions were at the core of the Industrial Revolution, there are several steam engines on display, including the massive “Old Bess,” the second steam engine built by James Watt and his partner Matthew Boulton in their Birmingham “Manufactory,” in 1777. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/5a57769e-ef15-43da-b168-a33f8e5c773D/watt-j23.html 2011-06-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/anim-j10.html Recent research has begun to investigate the cognitive abilities of animals and is helping to identify the evolutionary developments made by human beings that began to distinguish them from apes. Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f818ae73-5c67-4ad0-af8e-babb3749f2cJ/anim-j10.html 2011-06-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/plan-j06.html The planet Gliese 581 d is believed to be twice the mass of Earth, and could sustain liquid water on the side that faces its star. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/3f20e840-924a-4802-8625-b514359cfbaH/plan-j06.html 2011-06-06T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/clim-m23.html Climate change is responsible for increasingly extreme weather events. Mon, 23 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/222cb5ae-0613-4275-b1ac-6cf8a164f8cA/clim-m23.html 2011-05-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/nasa-m13.html NASA has just announced that Einstein’s theory of gravity has been verified with astonishing accuracy by its Gravity Probe-B. Fri, 13 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/4362fb01-d1e7-4057-a8dc-46053de825fF/nasa-m13.html 2011-05-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/04/pala-a29.html The alternation of glacial and warmer periods conditioned the prehistory of what is now Britain. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/3b06f248-77e7-4163-ae31-dfe8b07cd1bG/pala-a29.html 2011-04-29T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/04/scie-a22.html Great international scientific advances are being undermined by cuts in funding. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/00878e44-5456-4415-b27f-2940b288dc5L/scie-a22.html 2011-04-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/04/cosm-a16.html Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in orbit around the Earth, on April 12, 1961. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b562435f-4bc2-4b1f-8f5d-09df84c0708B/cosm-a16.html 2011-04-16T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/03/merc-m25.html MESSENGER is the first space mission to Mercury in more than three decades. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/e6b66104-b533-4d8c-b5b2-4358f38df8dD/merc-m25.html 2011-03-25T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/03/coll-m18.html The physics research conducted in 2010 has allowed for the Large Hadron Collider to extend its operations through 2011 and 2012. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/51acb592-b43e-412e-bcb1-554b205652eI/coll-m18.html 2011-03-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/03/plan-m11.html Astronomical observation directly confirms the nebular hypothesis of Kant and Laplace. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/64c4fed8-ee4a-41e7-930e-ee7597d8e26A/plan-m11.html 2011-03-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/02/lucy-f25.html A new 3.2 million-year-old fossil discovery at Hadar, Ethiopia shows that Australopithecus afarensis, an ancestor of modern humans, had arched feet and was “committed” to walking upright. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/4562b6ef-eea3-4778-a426-38a4498e286G/lucy-f25.html 2011-02-25T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/02/temp-f18.html The fly-by took place on February 14, some 210 million miles from Earth Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/acd6b409-fca1-47bf-832e-498df5799a6B/temp-f18.html 2011-02-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/02/warm-f11.html Rain forest and the Arctic ice cap are being affected by rising temperatures. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/381ef730-5def-4d51-89a9-954c0d6cc28P/warm-f11.html 2011-02-11T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/plan-j28.html NASA has confirmed this month that its Kepler space observatory has now identified the smallest yet planet outside our solar system, exoplanet Kepler-10b. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d2475946-c7f8-4eaa-a230-37662be38afC/plan-j28.html 2011-01-28T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/clim-j26.html Global surface temperatures for 2010 matched record highs, with the past decade the hottest ever recorded. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/3f2d46e1-ce3c-4392-95c3-5555370a193M/clim-j26.html 2011-01-26T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/mars-j22.html The two robot exploration vehicles have revolutionized scientific understanding of the planet. Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/03b1d69a-8505-4161-bd65-2169d5ad69fA/mars-j22.html 2011-01-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/deni-j17.html An international team of scientists made headlines last year when they used genetic evidence to show that an ancient people, once living in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, were distant cousins of the Neanderthals and contributed to the modern human genome before their extinction. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/aa64aebf-a836-4984-bc8c-01d6d51f2c0O/deni-j17.html 2011-01-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/quan-j08.html Fundamental advances in recent research have led to the ability to more directly manipulate the building blocks of quantum computers. Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/31519004-0641-4010-ae5c-0843f3055c1A/quan-j08.html 2011-01-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/01/aape-j03.html The new book by Timothy Taylor proposes that a technological invention was critical to the biological evolution of modern humans. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/65a4db6e-c24c-4460-b429-793d4f1421fC/aape-j03.html 2011-01-03T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/spin-d31.html For the first time now, researchers have developed a new type of transistor―running at normal temperatures―that utilises a feature of electrons known as spin, rather than charge. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/1218deb6-ec86-481b-885d-d8a73fcf87cB/spin-d31.html 2010-12-31T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/lemu-d24.html What is thought to be a new species of fork-marked lemur has been discovered in the forests of Madagascar. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/6e5a2c5f-97d2-42c6-a03b-8cfc7d35d00K/lemu-d24.html 2010-12-24T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/bact-d10.html The new bacteria was discovered by a research team at Mono Lake, California. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b93acb72-f761-4cb5-ae46-61ca05170dbF/bact-d10.html 2010-12-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/brai-d03.html Major advances have recently been made that have considerably advanced our understanding of the brain at the level of its cellular structure. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/158e442c-f111-4d2d-92e7-f12159d6696G/brai-d03.html 2010-12-03T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/anti-n27.html For the first time ever, physicists at CERN have captured antimatter for a long enough time for its properties to be studied. Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/21b598d8-0c45-4003-ba92-b0600be8105J/anti-n27.html 2010-11-27T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/cond-n23.html Recent reports of a struggling California condor population indicate the persistence of DDT contamination, threatening animal life and human health. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/9e91fec7-e40b-4e97-abbf-8f9b199c36cA/cond-n23.html 2010-11-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/gamm-n18.html A giant structure around our Milky Way galaxy has been discovered by the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/21e297ce-1397-414a-963f-ca2271b5293C/gamm-n18.html 2010-11-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/hadr-n13.html The week, scientists operating the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva shut down its proton-proton collisions to begin colliding lead nuclei. Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/31934ad6-3b24-4d94-ad7e-99f76e8a890G/hadr-n13.html 2010-11-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/11/mand-n04.html Benoit Mandelbrot coined the word fractal in 1975 to describe the revolutionary approach to geometrical mathematics that he pioneered. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d727a9fd-829a-4958-84ff-9e25c0a41b3O/mand-n04.html 2010-11-04T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/10/phys-o20.html Russian-born physicists Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim, now based at the University of Manchester, joined six other Nobel Prize winners in opposing the cap on immigrants into Britain from outside the European Union. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/63c1889f-3c07-49ff-991c-6c3a41074acD/phys-o20.html 2010-10-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/10/edwa-o13.html Robert Edwards has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in recognition of his pioneering work in the technique of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/2dd3616d-1466-4682-a96e-883811bd820C/edwa-o13.html 2010-10-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/07/plan-j19.html For the first time in the history of the search for planets outside the solar system, astronomers have observed a planet going from one side of its parent star to the other. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7f5fd4ab-6b12-41de-9268-07ca7f05824N/plan-j19.html 2010-07-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/05/lhco-m10.html Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced March 30 that the LHC had collided particles to 7 trillion electron-volts, the highest energy ever achieved in such a device. Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/fd5cc99f-7aa8-4746-97d2-8404758f9a3I/lhco-m10.html 2010-05-10T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/05/frui-m08.html Kenan Malik has situated himself in the crosshairs of the dispute over the nature of race, arguing from the standpoint of Enlightenment rationalism and scientific objectivity. Sat, 08 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/771a04d9-5dd6-4a31-902f-1fc34d2a145B/frui-m08.html 2010-05-08T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/05/melb-m03.html Sacked metalworkers owed unpaid superannuation, leave and other entitlements demonstrated last Friday in Melbourne. Mon, 03 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/9339a30f-fe77-4b5e-b310-ad74ad1ba02P/melb-m03.html 2010-05-03T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/03/sola-m13.html One month after its successful launch, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has begun capturing high-resolution images of solar phenomena at 10-second intervals. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/f20d0948-6c11-4d7c-9733-2cacb0cf685N/sola-m13.html 2010-03-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/02/coll-f22.html Operations resumed this month at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the huge new experimental device operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. The largest and costliest apparatus ever built to conduct physical research, the LHC was shut down for repairs for a year after an accident. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/e8be0630-09ac-4481-966a-978281ff4a5L/coll-f22.html 2010-02-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/02/kepl-f02.html NASA reported last month that Kepler, the first spacecraft dedicated to searching for planets beyond our solar system, has discovered its first five extrasolar planets. Though they are uninhabitable for Earth-like life—four of the five are even larger than Jupiter—their rapid discovery indicates that Kepler is fully capable of achieving its primary mission, finding a planet resembling Earth, in future years. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/64706d9e-4b89-4697-a09b-13132511075N/kepl-f02.html 2010-02-02T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/01/wilc-j20.html Frank Wilczek’s book can be recommended as an attempt to explain to a lay person the implications of more than 50 years of particle physics. Wilczek is a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/67a7a3ce-106b-400a-885f-b3c1c49fbb1F/wilc-j20.html 2010-01-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/etnb-d22.html The problems of climate change are so profound and far-reaching that they require the rational mobilisation of all available economic, material, scientific and technical resources, something that is only possible only under socialism. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/b64fda10-057c-425b-9837-c294e68aa38B/etnb-d22.html 2009-12-22T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/etpo-d21.html Public meetings called by the WSWS and the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) in Sydney and Melbourne last week exposed the real agenda behind emissions trading schemes and the official climate change “debate”. The following is the report delivered by WSWS writer Patrick O’Connor. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/20ec0aaa-89e9-4f8b-8c93-96230e00b4bI/etpo-d21.html 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/12/clim-d19.html Public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this week exposed the real agenda behind emissions trading schemes and the official climate change “debate”. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/872ea659-27e9-4036-aa9d-dacaf26430eD/clim-d19.html 2009-12-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/11/moon-n17.html The deliberate crashing of a US rocket into the surface of the Moon has produced evidence of “a significant amount” of water ice, a discovery that could revolutionize the exploration of the Earth’s satellite and even open the way to long-term settlement. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/ae7d9f1f-3f13-498c-877e-24e9f740078J/moon-n17.html 2009-11-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/10/ardi-o20.html After 15 years of painstaking study, the journal Science has published a series of articles on the fossilized remains of Ardipithecus ramidus, which is interpreted to be an early form of hominin, the group including humans and all human ancestors back to the evolutionary split with the last common ancestor with chimpanzees. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/7bb1c97e-e321-4936-bafe-cfc60600a69N/ardi-o20.html 2009-10-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/dust-s29.html A huge dust storm blanketed large areas of Australia’s southeastern coast last Wednesday, covering cities and towns in the states of New South Wales and Queensland, before moving out to sea towards New Zealand. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/a9a8e340-930c-4662-97f3-1ed15d1e637K/dust-s29.html 2009-09-29T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/09/hubb-s23.html The first images from the repaired and upgraded telescope include a dazzling combination of planetary nebula, star clusters and galaxies. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/809b2547-65e7-49a7-a0de-4e02a6c3806B/hubb-s23.html 2009-09-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/gali-a15.html The International Year of Astronomy 2009 has been designated by the International Astronomy Union and UNESCO in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discoveries of Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler, two of the most important pioneers of modern astronomy. Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/261e849f-3df5-4bc3-a5fa-84d9adc7214J/gali-a15.html 2009-08-15T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/swin-a13.html According to the World Health Organisation, the swine-origin influenza virus has spread to 160 countries in less than four months. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/d5b67a90-96a6-4ba6-adac-443d162194cD/swin-a13.html 2009-08-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/goo2-a13.html The second of a two-part article on the Google Book Search settlement. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/5e48364b-5876-48f8-a69a-f340bea43bbK/goo2-a13.html 2009-08-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/goog-a12.html The first of a two-part article on the Google Book Search settlement. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/59a3c638-5dfc-4cbd-af92-c3e0cc25f31F/goog-a12.html 2009-08-12T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/07/coll-j30.html In selecting Francis S. Collins as the director of the National Institutes of Health, President Obama has sent a clear political message that he is willing to subordinate scientific research to Christian fundamentalist dogma. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/cbe0f938-1b63-4c5e-b2e6-1aad50054e6O/coll-j30.html 2009-07-30T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/hubb-j23.html New instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope are currently undergoing calibration following the latest upgrade to the venerable scientific instrument. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/44763b8a-97be-4fb9-a400-4b995995a25C/hubb-j23.html 2009-06-23T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/dar3-j19.html Marx and Engels immediately recognised the significance of Darwin’s theory when On the Origin of Species appeared 150 years ago, laying out a scientific conception of the process of historical evolution of the biological world. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/6750a816-2387-4736-a4b7-d0368748087M/dar3-j19.html 2009-06-19T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/dar2-j18.html Marx and Engels immediately recognised the significance of Darwin’s theory when On the Origin of Species appeared 150 years ago, laying out a scientific conception of the process of historical evolution of the biological world. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/1fe80c9c-7b3f-4d4a-833b-e50e997306dK/dar2-j18.html 2009-06-18T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/dar1-j17.html Marx and Engels immediately recognised the significance of Darwin’s theory when On the Origin of Species appeared 150 years ago, laying out a scientific conception of the process of historical evolution of the biological world. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/44d8bada-0e8d-4459-8c88-45dff4e1693J/dar1-j17.html 2009-06-17T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/06/ida-j13.html While the recently announced discovery of “Ida,” a remarkably well-preserved early primate fossil, promises insights into the evolution of later primate forms, including humans, the way it has been presented to the public distorts both its significance and the processes of biological evolution. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/fb81d1d3-afba-4d3b-ab12-ebf43429d5aA/ida-j13.html 2009-06-13T05:00:00Z http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/05/hobb-m13.html Recent research results suggest Flores hobbits are more distinctive than previously thought, providing new insights into human evolution. Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wsws.org/asset/310674e2-6227-4a74-a5c3-a36f938b480B/hobb-m13.html 2009-05-13T05:00:00Z