Scientists from South Africa and China have successfully established the world’s longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched into low Earth orbit,…
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Why are night owls at greater risk of depression?
Mindfulness, total sleep quality, and alcohol consumption may help explain why people who stay up late have a greater risk of depression, according to a new study publishing March 19, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Simon Evans of…
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Atacama Cosmology Telescope Captures Clearest Images Yet of Cosmic Microwave Background
New images from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) reveal the Universe when it was about 380,000 years old.
An image of the CMB radiation from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope; orange and blue represent more or less intense radiation. Image…
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A hopping robot shows off its squirrel-like skills
Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch.
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Salto Robot Masters Squirrel-Like Branch Leaping
When you see a squirrel jump to a branch, you might think (and I myself thought, up until just now) that they’re doing what birds and primates would do to stick the landing: just grabbing the branch and hanging on. But it turns out that
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Are you a night owl? You’re more at risk of depression. Here’s why
The early bird catches the worm, while the night owl is more at risk of developing depression. That’s according to a new study that suggests people who prefer waking up and staying up late are more likely to experience depressive symptoms,…
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Climate Change Is Fueling a Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents
Climate change is affecting the environments in which we live more and more every year. Along with that, these drastic changes are starting to take a toll on our mental health, as well, especially for young adults.
An international research team…
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Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences
Most of the United States’ major climate regulations are underpinned by one important document: It’s called the endangerment finding, and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare.
The Trump…
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Man tests if Tesla on Autopilot will slam through foam wall (spoiler: it did)
It turns out Tesla’s camera-vision-only approach to self-driving is no match for a Wile E. Coyote-style fake wall. Earlier this week, former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober posted a video where he tried to see if he could trick a
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A Circuit Linking DNA Repair, Inflammation & Aging is Found
As our bodies grow, cells proliferate to form tissues, and cells frequently have to be repaired or replaced throughout life. But the genome can also become less stable over time, or may pick up mutations that…
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