Your brain on space—the overview effect
Space travel is like a drug—and it could save the rest of us down here on planet Earth.
Space Exploration
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Toxic workplaces are feeding the impostor phenomenon – here's why
Research suggests that around 70% of people will experience an illogical sense of being a phoney at work at some point in their careers. It's called the impostor phenomenon (also known, erroneously, as a syndrome). These ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
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Becoming promiscuous to ensure reproduction
Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt—apparently attempting to ensure successful reproduction.
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2018
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Talking about sex is awkward, so how can teenagers 'just ask' for consent?
The topic of sexual consent seems to be in the news on a daily basis, especially since #MeToo went viral one year ago. From posters to podcasts, there are endless resources promoting the importance of getting and giving explicit ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
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A warmer climate will also be a drier climate, with negative impacts on forest growth
Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, according to a new University of Minnesota study published in the journal ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
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Disorder can stabilize batteries
Novel materials can considerably improve storage capacity and cycling stability of rechargeable batteries. Among these materials are high-entropy oxides (HEO), whose stability results from a disordered distribution of the ...
Nanophysics
Oct 9, 2018
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Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
If you think you don't have viruses, think again.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 9, 2018
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The many structures of the light-active biomolecules
How the light-sensitive part of the biomolecule phytochrome changes from a light-adapted state to a dark-adapted state has been investigated by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Philipps-Universität Marburg. So ...
Biochemistry
Oct 9, 2018
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Models of dinosaur movement could help us build stronger robots and buildings
From about 245 to 66 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Although well-preserved skeletons give us a good idea of what they looked like, the way their limbs worked remains a bigger mystery. But computer simulations ...
Engineering
Oct 9, 2018
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Repurposing dimethyloxalylglycine to inhibit glutamine metabolism
A team of researchers from the U.K. and the U.S. has found that a drug used to study hypoxia can also be used to inhibit glutamine metabolism—a possible means for targeting cancer cells by cutting off their supply line. ...
