The seasonal symbolism theory of the German scholar R. Shröder (1899) saw Jason as the “spring hero” who retrieved the Golden Fleece. For Shröder, Jason carrying Hera across the river symbolized the ...

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Is it wizardry? Physicists at the University of Konstanz have succeeded in changing the properties of a material in a ...

Researchers have cracked a fundamental optical challenge: how to control both angle and wavelength of light independently—a ...

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One of the brightest and most colorful stars in the sky and the most brilliant planet are on stage in the early morning dawn ...

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

A nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile.

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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to ...