A New Scientist cartoon uses the idea of an audience with a great theorist for a lighthearted science-culture gag.
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A new genomic and fossil analysis places the origin of bats in Europe, with flight and echolocation evolving early in their history.
A small hoard of English coins found near the Vatican suggests Anglo-Saxon visitors to medieval Rome enjoyed special treatment.
A new technique uses the precise date of Vesuvius' 79 CE eruption to improve the accuracy of dating major geological events like impacts and extinctions.
Powerful jets from supermassive black holes can heat and push star-forming gas far beyond a galaxy's visible edge, potentially deciding whether the galaxy lives or dies.