At sunrise on 29 March, people on the eastern tip of Brazil will be the first to see the day’s total solar eclipse. The last viewing chance will occur three hours later as the Sun sets over northern Mongolia. You can follow the eclipse on your computer thanks to the Exploratorium. Its webcast, Total Solar Eclipse: Live from Turkey, begins at 5 AM EST.
Although its prime focus is on one country, the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology contains information that is more generally helpful. Under Role Models, for example, you can find Sarah House’s weblog of repairing water and sewage systems in earthquake-stricken Pakistan.
The Clusty Web portal brings together Ben Franklin’s sayings and proverbs and provides links to thousands of sites devoted to the statesman, scientist, inventor, and publisher on the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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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Volume 59, Number 3
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