![Whale death rays? (Not to scale) [Credit: Whale and squid, Yoni Debest. Compiled by Karina Hamalainen]](http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2008/01/whale_and_squid.jpg)
Whale death rays? (Not to scale) [Credit: Whale and squid, Yoni Debest. Compiled by Karina Hamalainen]
Is it true that sperm whales stun giant squid with sonar?
- Asks Clara in New York
By Susannah F. Locke, May 12th, 2008
TOPIC physics
Catching Some Rays
A new experiment uses New York City’s rooftop water tanks as cosmic ray detectors.
By Andrew Grant, May 2nd, 2008
It’s a Star-Eat-Star Universe
A new study offers a possible solution to the riddle of the antimatter cloud in the galaxy’s core.
By Adam T. Hadhazy, April 11th, 2008
Is it true that an astronaut brought an iPod to space? What other weird stuff has made that trip?
- Asks JB from Denver, CO
By Karina Hamalainen, March 24th, 2008
Before the Big Bang
A new theory proposes a universe before ours.
By Monica Heger, February 27th, 2008
Is there really such a thing as a “green flash” at sunset and sunrise?
- asks Jessie from New York
By Karina Hamalainen, December 10th, 2007
Double Sunrise
A new theory proposes Earth-like planets with double the star power.
By Monica Heger, December 5th, 2007
A Good Microbe is Hard to Kill
NASA’s “clean rooms” are home to a variety of extreme bacteria.
By Jeremy Hsu, November 9th, 2007
How do bikes balance when we ride them?
- asks Ariel from Vermont
By Molika Ashford, November 5th, 2007
