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These Are 7 of The Strangest Experiments Humans Have Ever Done in Space
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These Are 7 of The Strangest Experiments Humans Have Ever Done in Space
The way things behave in microgravity may seem obvious to us now, after humans have been venturing into space for over 50 years.
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These 10 Amazing Physics Stories Were Massive News in 2020
Let's admit it: It's been a pretty rough year for our neck of the Solar System. But it's been a great year for scientists studying more distant reaches of the Universe. From a colossal explosion to mystery burps deciphered, here were some of the to
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People With This Rare Brain Condition Can't 'Count Sheep' in Their Mind
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People With This Rare Brain Condition Can't 'Count Sheep' in Their Mind
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People With This Rare Brain Condition Can't 'Count Sheep' in Their Mind
When falling asleep, it's not unusual to imagine a calm, provincial scene, like a flock of sheep jumping over a fence.
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Jupiter Is Bigger Than Some Stars, So Why Didn't We Get a Second Sun?
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Jupiter Is Bigger Than Some Stars, So Why Didn't We Get a Second Sun?
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Jupiter Is Bigger Than Some Stars, So Why Didn't We Get a Second Sun?
The smallest known main-sequence star in the Milky Way galaxy is a real pixie of a thing.
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Researchers Developed AI That Tells Apart True Conspiracies From Conspiracy Theories
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Researchers Developed AI That Tells Apart True Conspiracies From Conspiracy Theories
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Researchers Developed AI That Tells Apart True Conspiracies From Conspiracy Theories
The audio on the otherwise shaky body camera footage is unusually clear. As police officers search a handcuffed man who moments before had fired a shot inside a pizza parlor, an officer asks him why he was there.
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Birds Have a Mysterious 'Quantum Sense'. For The First Time, Scientists Saw It in Action
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Birds Have a Mysterious 'Quantum Sense'. For The First Time, Scientists Saw It in Action
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Birds Have a Mysterious 'Quantum Sense'. For The First Time, Scientists Saw It in Action
Seeing our world through the eyes of a migratory bird would be a rather spooky experience. Something about their visual system allows them to 'see' our planet's magnetic field, a clever trick of quantum physics, and biochemistry that helps them nav
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NASA 2021: Let's Go to the Moon
Sending the first Artemis mission to the Moon in preparation for human missions, landing a new rover on Mars, and launching the James Webb Space Telescope into space, expanding our ability to see deep into the universe, are just a few of the things NASA has…
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Scientists Discover a New Type of Chemical Bond, And It's Surprisingly Strong
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Scientists Discover a New Type of Chemical Bond, And It's Surprisingly Strong
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Scientists Discover a New Type of Chemical Bond, And It's Surprisingly Strong
Scientists have recently discovered a totally new type of chemical bond – and it's way stronger than it has any right to be.
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In First-of-Its-Kind Discovery, Scientists Confirm Bacteria Have a 24-Hour Body Clock
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In First-of-Its-Kind Discovery, Scientists Confirm Bacteria Have a 24-Hour Body Clock
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In First-of-Its-Kind Discovery, Scientists Confirm Bacteria Have a 24-Hour Body Clock
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, scientists have found that a species of non-photosynthetic bacteria are regulated by the same circadian rhythms that hold sway over so many other life-forms.
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The Curious Strength of a Sea Sponge’s Glass Skeleton
A glass sponge found deep in the Pacific shows a remarkable ability to withstand compression and bending, on top of the sponge’s other unusual properties.
In 1841, the English biologist Richard Owen marveled at the intricate skeleton of a new sea sponge species found near the Philippines. It resembled “a delicate cornucopia,” he wrote, one woven from “stiff, glistening, elastic threads, resembling the finest hairs of spun glass.” The skeleton is indeed made of glass, which the animal, Euplectella aspergillum — nicknamed “Venus’ flower basket,” — creates using acid extracted from seawater.
Scientists still marvel at this sponge 180 years later. Its notable properties include stunning longevity — some glass sponges are thought to live many thousands of years, placing them among the longest-lived animals — and the ability to channel light through its silica strands in the manner of fiber optics.
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A glass sponge found deep in the Pacific shows a remarkable ability to withstand compression and bending, on top of the sponge’s other unusual properties.
In 1841, the English biologist Richard Owen marveled at the intricate skeleton of a new sea sponge species found near the Philippines. It resembled “a delicate cornucopia,” he wrote, one woven from “stiff, glistening, elastic threads, resembling the finest hairs of spun glass.” The skeleton is indeed made of glass, which the animal, Euplectella aspergillum — nicknamed “Venus’ flower basket,” — creates using acid extracted from seawater.
Scientists still marvel at this sponge 180 years later. Its notable properties include stunning longevity — some glass sponges are thought to live many thousands of years, placing them among the longest-lived animals — and the ability to channel light through its silica strands in the manner of fiber optics.
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Astronomers Have Discovered an Alien Planet With Three Suns
To us humans, a single Sun feels completely normal, but our Solar System is actually a weird outlier. Most stars in the Milky Way galaxy have at least one companion star. Now, in a system 1,800 light-years away, astronomers have finally confirmed a
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Traces of a Mysterious Particle Predicted Decades Ago May Have Been Detected
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Traces of a Mysterious Particle Predicted Decades Ago May Have Been Detected
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Traces of a Mysterious Particle Predicted Decades Ago May Have Been Detected
Evidence of a long-sought hypothetical particle could have been hiding in plain (X-ray) sight all this time.
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Why Do Breastfed Babies Have Healthier Immune Systems? There's a New Explanation
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Why Do Breastfed Babies Have Healthier Immune Systems? There's a New Explanation
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Why Do Breastfed Babies Have Healthier Immune Systems? There's a New Explanation
From the moment we're born, our body develops a delicate protective coating made entirely of microbes.
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'Brain Androgyny' Is Surprisingly Common And May Boost Mental Health, Scientists Say
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'Brain Androgyny' Is Surprisingly Common And May Boost Mental Health, Scientists Say
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'Brain Androgyny' Is Surprisingly Common And May Boost Mental Health, Scientists Say
From advertising to the workplace, it is often assumed that men and women are fundamentally different – from Mars and Venus, respectively. Of course, we all know people who are more androgynous, having a mix of personality traits that are stereot
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There's a Surprising, Smelly Reason Why Eating Less Meat Is Linked to Healthy Aging
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There's a Surprising, Smelly Reason Why Eating Less Meat Is Linked to Healthy Aging
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There's a Surprising, Smelly Reason Why Eating Less Meat Is Linked to Healthy Aging
High-protein diets are having a moment. In any grocery store you can now buy a protein bowl, pick up a protein box of eggs and nuts for lunch, or snack on a protein bar.
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This One Spot on The International Space Station Is Kept Filthy – For Science
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This One Spot on The International Space Station Is Kept Filthy – For Science
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This One Spot on The International Space Station Is Kept Filthy – For Science
While most of us are now more fastidious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on board the International Space Station, cleanliness is imperative.
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The First People to Settle in The Americas Brought Their Dogs With Them
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The First People to Settle in The Americas Brought Their Dogs With Them
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The First People to Settle in The Americas Brought Their Dogs With Them
How far back can the story of humans and dogs be told? When and where did this ancient relationship begin? New DNA evidence suggests our connection with canines can be traced much further into prehistory than has ever been conclusively shown.
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Secret Ingredient Found to Power Supernovas
Turbulent matter swirls around the center of a collapsing star. The supernova’s shockwave, shown in blue, gets an extra push from the turbulence, while the dense core at the center will go on to form a neutron star.
In 1987, a giant star exploded right next to our own Milky Way galaxy. It was the brightest and closest supernova since the invention of the telescope some four centuries earlier, and just about every observatory turned to take a look. Perhaps most excitingly, specialized observatories buried deep underground captured shy subatomic particles called neutrinos streaming out of the blast.
These particles were first proposed as the driving force behind supernovas in 1966, which made their detection a source of comfort to theorists who had been trying to understand the inner workings of the explosions. Yet over the decades, astrophysicists had constantly bumped into what appeared to be a fatal flaw in their neutrino-powered models.
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Turbulent matter swirls around the center of a collapsing star. The supernova’s shockwave, shown in blue, gets an extra push from the turbulence, while the dense core at the center will go on to form a neutron star.
In 1987, a giant star exploded right next to our own Milky Way galaxy. It was the brightest and closest supernova since the invention of the telescope some four centuries earlier, and just about every observatory turned to take a look. Perhaps most excitingly, specialized observatories buried deep underground captured shy subatomic particles called neutrinos streaming out of the blast.
These particles were first proposed as the driving force behind supernovas in 1966, which made their detection a source of comfort to theorists who had been trying to understand the inner workings of the explosions. Yet over the decades, astrophysicists had constantly bumped into what appeared to be a fatal flaw in their neutrino-powered models.
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Crushing Diamonds With Forces Greater Than Earth's Core Reveals They Are 'Metastable'
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Crushing Diamonds With Forces Greater Than Earth's Core Reveals They Are 'Metastable'
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Crushing Diamonds With Forces Greater Than Earth's Core Reveals They Are 'Metastable'
Diamonds can handle a little pressure. Actually, revise that - diamonds can handle a lot of pressure. In a series of new experiments, scientists have found that diamonds retain their crystal structure at pressures five times higher than that of Ear
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Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good
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Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good
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Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good
Earth's second moon will make a close approach to the planet next week before drifting off into space, never to be seen again.