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Extreme prospects
High gold prices are making it worthwhile to look for gold in some unusual places. Demand has never been higher, but nearly all the easy gold…
Canada launches first asteroid-hunting space telescope
The first satellite designed to search for and keep track of asteroids and space debris was launched into orbit today. The Canadian Space Agency’s suitcase-sized Near-Earth Object Surveillance…
Canadian Space Agency chief quits unexpectedly
While Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been captivating the Internet with his live updates and photos from the International Space Station, his colleagues back on Earth are…
The single life
Sequencing DNA from individual cells is changing the way that researchers think of humans as a whole. All Nicholas Navin needed was one cell — the…
On the record
The open science movement is just the latest development in the long history of scholarly communication. The essence of science has always been communication. Nothing gets…
Brace for impact
With public finances tight, governments around the world are demanding a return on their investment in science. Researchers should get used to it. When the financial…