Every day, our brain takes countless fleeting experiences – from walks on the beach to presentations at work – and transforms them into long-term memories. How exactly this works remains a mystery, but neuroscientists believe that…
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Scientists link 10 clocks across 6 nations to redefine the second
Time has always been defined by the vibrations of cesium atoms. But as the limits of precision are pushed further by modern physics, scientists are now preparing to rewrite the rules.
Last month, a consortium of 69 scientists from across…
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Scientists discover pathway linking physical pain to emotional suffering
Pain isn’t just a physical sensation-it also carries emotional weight. That distress, anguish, and anxiety can turn a fleeting injury into long-term suffering.
Researchers at the Salk Institute have now identified a brain circuit…
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NASAWatch On Bloomberg: Budgets, Layoffs, and Sean Duffy
Keith’s note: I was just on Bloomberg TV/radio/Web. I was asked if there was an issue with New Interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy having more than one job. I replied that this usually means that you delegate more to your staff. I noted…
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Envisioning Healthcare Without Immigrants
Immigrants fill a majority need in the US healthcare workforce. Will they continue to play this … More
Immigrants are in the news a lot these days. Too often, the prevailing narrative casts them as laborers performing…
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Roberto Zolho, conservationist who helped restore Mozambique’s wildlife following its civil war, has died at 65.
For a man who spent his life studying the movements of wildlife, Roberto Zolho was most at peace when not moving at all—drifting in a kayak down the Guacheni channels, pausing to…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
KEY POINTS
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface.
- The new close-up images show features in the solar wind, the constant stream of electrically…
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Researchers uncover molecular switch controlling DNA packing in cell division
If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to…
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Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s archaeological past
A millennium-long story about Greenland is written in the genes of the island’s sled dogs. A new genomic analysis, published July 10 in Science, suggests that humans (and their sled dogs) arrived in the region roughly 1,000 years ago…
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Oldest known dog breed reveals hidden human history
The Iditarod is the longest annual sled dog race– covering over 1,500 miles…
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