Science in telegram

This neutrino observatory began running experiments in April of 1996, studying solar and atmospheric neutrinos as well as searching for proton decay and supernovae in our galaxy:

Below is one of the most detailed full-disk photos of Earth ever taken - and the US government is now downloading a fresh version of it every 15 minutes.

Scientists have engineered the first ever 'semi-synthetic' organisms, by breedingE. coli bacteria with an expanded, six-letter genetic code