Every
day, all over the planet and beyond
it, scientists try and make sense of
the world in which they live. In this
special feature Nature news
brings you a composite picture of just
one of these days -- June 21 2006, the
summer solstice.
28 June 2006
THE DAY
00:00
- 03:59 From
a massive cluster of young stars to a home
office in New Jersey, by way of a quiet synchrotron,
a not-yet-cloned ox and a newborn baby.
04:00
- 07:59 From
a maze of mirrors for entangling photons to
the future of distributed computing, by way
of a dutiful spectrometer, an office outing,
a crossbow for walruses and a cash-free supermarket.
08:00
- 11:59 From
a stream through Israel and Palestine to a
lunch in Prague, by way of a tsunami in an
arak bottle, a message from Mars, and a mountain
in Magdagascar.
12:00
- 15:59 From
a flu test for orangutans to the structures
of ten proteins, by way of hot fast ants,
three parasite genomes, a remote float and
a gale.
16:00
- 19:59 From
bad news about some tests to a Lepidoptera
collection, by way of the cry of the collared
pika, a welcome chilli, a clock made of light
and a conveniently nearby asteroid.
20:00
- 23:59 From
meteorology in Oklahoma to cosmic rays over
Argentina, by way of a dearth of fireballs,
frozen mice by the million and a tantalizing
afterglow.
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