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New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground.

The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron "snow" forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth's atmosphere and fall to the ground.

The movement of this iron snow could be responsible for Mercury's mysterious magnetic field.

Insects have adopted a strategy to detect odors that is radically different from those of other organisms. This is an unexpected and controversial finding that may dissolve a dominant ideology in the field.

Scientists find that insects use fast-acting ion channels to smell odors, a major break with the ideology of the field -- and evolution.