Tracking the Karakoram Glaciers
A photographer creates images of present-day glaciers from the same vantage point as that of historic photographs
View ArticleDetecting Irregular Gravity
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, a collaboration by NASA and the German Aerospace Center, captures variation in Earth's gravitational pull
View ArticleChasing Winged Perfection
Smoke and mesh help researchers visualize the mechanics of insect flight
View ArticleZooming In on Mars
A new map available online shows more of the red planet in greater detail than ever
View ArticleMapping Macromolecules in Cells
Advanced biophotonics helps researchers observe the inner workings of living cells
View ArticleProbing Deep-Sea Domains Off Indonesia
The ship Okeanos Explorer brings back images of creatures rarely seen
View ArticleSerious Science, Comic-Book Style
A myrmecological comic brings entomologist Corrie Moreau’s journey to life
View ArticleTurning the Lights Down Low at Galaxy M51
Telescope observations reveal the most detailed view yet of the Whirlpool Galaxy
View ArticleWhere Art and Science Meet
Artist Peter Trusler and paleontologists Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich collaborate to bring long-extinct species to life on the page
View ArticleNarrowing In on Negawatts
Innovations in longwave-infrared imaging allow scientists to “see” radiant energy leaks, one block at a time
View ArticleSocial Needs Help Sculpt Primate Faces
When University of California at Los Angeles researchers analyzed the faces of Central and South American primates, they found a pattern suggesting that differences in social behavior have an influence...
View ArticleBiodiversity’s Invisible Palette
Ecologist Greg Asner, of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, and his team developed the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to scale up the old-school forestry data gathered by...
View ArticleComputing Dolphin Fin Photo IDs
Image-processing software helps biologists tell which dolphin is which
View ArticleA New Looking Glass: Historic Harvard Plates
Photographic plates of astronomical images provide data to researchers in the present
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