SciNews Jan 29

SciNews Jan 29

DNA, causes of blindness, girls and boys in academic achievement, unboiling egg white and a near miss with an asteroid.  Lots of stuff to excite your students about science! This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog....
Are Physical Laws Invented or Discovered?

Are Physical Laws Invented or Discovered?

After much work poring over previous research and working out new formulations, a physicist writes an equation she thinks best describes the behavior of tiny particles—or colliding supernovas. Are such equations inventions or discoveries? It’s an interesting...
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