ScienceNow: Gunmen abducted dozens of people working at the science and higher education ministry in Baghdad early today, only to release many of them late this evening, according to news reports. The attack, carried out by some 80 kidnappers, was one of the most brazen and massive kidnappings in the war-torn country to date, and was seen by some as another concerted effort by sectarians to undermine academic life in Iraq.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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