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Astronauts’ brains don’t fully adapt to life in microgravity, new study finds
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New research shows astronauts tend to grip objects in microgravity as if...
Risk of ‘megaquake’ in Japan higher after powerful earthquake strikes
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After a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck of the coast of Japan and...
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft down to just two working science instruments
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This iconic spacecraft launched nearly 49 years ago and is running perilously...
The strange way cocaine water pollution is changing salmon
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It turns out that salmon exposed to cocaine through water pollution do...
See Bruce the parrot wield his broken beak like a deadly weapon
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Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak...
Magnetic muon measurements and gene-therapy advances win $3 million Breakthrough prizes
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This year’s winners include hundreds of physicists across more than 30 institutions
Ancient Roman ‘machine-gun’ damage discovered on Pompeii walls
about 9 hours ago
Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have...
See the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower at its peak
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The Lyrid meteor shower hits its peak from April 21 to April...
‘Cocaine hippos’ raise tough questions, and scientists uncover insights on faster aging and heart risks
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“Cocaine hippos,” underground bees, and fresh insights into aging and heart health
Why game theory could be critical in a nuclear war
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Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits...
How a Renaissance gambling dispute spawned probability theory
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A dispute over how to divvy up the pot in an interrupted...
Master of chaos wins $3M math prize for ‘blowing up’ equations
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For decades, the mathematician Frank Merle has been embracing the messy math...