Scientific Minds Want To Know

Scientific Minds Want To Know

7th graders make surprising Mars discovery

California middle-schoolers stumble upon an unusual feature of the red planet by accident.  

Martian skylight 

Also: 

• More photos of Mars
• Glenn: Keep flying shuttles
• Water on Mars

Oldest baby mammoth's big next step

Discovered in northern Siberia last year, "Khoma" is thought to be more than 50,000 years old.  

Its lethal cargo 

Also: 

• Oldest human fossil?
• Learn about mammoths
• Terracotta warrior find

Science sizes up 'ghost particle' Astronomers have made the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of a mysterious neutrino or "ghost particle".

How the world's sinkholes measure up

Most of the natural depressions in the U.S. are potholes compared to Egypt's claim to fame.  

How many miles wide 

Also: 

• Guatemala's mystery
• Cause of sinkholes
• Crater in China