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Space & Innovation

Despite appearances, aliens have not descended upon a snowy scape in Ontario, Canada.

Alien Glow: Brilliant Light Pillars Appear Over Ontario

A trio of scientists -- Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa -- has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for designing and creating the world's smallest machines, turning linked-up molecules into contraptions that could do work, the Royal Academy of Swedish Sciences announced this morning.

3 Scientists Win Nobel for Creating Nano Machines

Earth & Conservation

'Goat Man,' Personality of Rocks Win Ig Nobel Prizes

Photo: Stonework litters the sidewalk outside an empty jewelry store on September 3, 2016, after an earthquake struck in north-central Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Earthquake Is State's Largest on Record

Animals

Photo: Onthophagus beetles are shown with the orthodenticle gene (left) and without it (right).

'Cyclops' Beetle Grows Third Eye on Its Head

Seeker Archives

More than 50 years after weird radio echoes were detected coming from Earth's upper atmosphere, two scientists say they've pinpointed the culprit.

Mystery of Bizarre Radar Echoes Solved, 50 Years Later

With red and yellow lights seeming to glow inside its bulbous body, a newfound jellyfish looks more alien spaceship than deep-sea cnidarian.

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Alien Glow: Brilliant Light Pillars Appear Over Ontario

The alien-like phenomenon is caused when ice crystals that are normally higher in the atmosphere flutter closer to the ground and create a crystal fog.

3 Scientists Win Nobel for Creating Nano Machines

Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

'Goat Man,' Personality of Rocks Win Ig Nobel Prizes

The annual awards honor the more unusual efforts in scientific research.

Oklahoma Earthquake Is State's Largest on Record

The recent Pawnee-area quake registered at 5.6 has been upgraded in magnitude after further analysis.

'Cyclops' Beetle Grows Third Eye on Its Head

The compound eye provides a look at how facial traits evolve.

Mystery of Bizarre Radar Echoes Solved, 50 Years Later

The mysterious phenomenon would show up only during daylight hours, vanishing at night.

New Jellyfish Looks Like an Alien Spacecraft

With red and yellow lights seeming to glow inside its bulbous body, a newfound jellyfish looks more otherworldly than deep-sea cnidarian.