On Feb. 3, an asteroid more than three times as long as it is wide safely flew past Earth at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers, or a little under five times the distance between the Moon and Earth). ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 18, 2023
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Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory has published a Perspectives piece in the journal Science arguing that NASA should send a dedicated probe to the planet Uranus. ...
In a new study conducted by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Madison-Wisconsin, seven new species of funnel web spiders (Agelenidae, Tegenaria), unique to caves in Israel, were discovered. ...
Evolution
Feb 14, 2023
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Psychologist Harry Reis knows a thing or two about romance. For nearly five decades, the Dean's Professor in Arts, Sciences & Engineering at the University of Rochester in upstate New York has been studying close relationships, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2023
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Small proteins called ferredoxins play a pivotal role in the main metabolic pathways, the series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2023
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Whether they're personally struck by or spared from natural disasters, people are more likely to distrust the government when their family and friends are victims, according to new research from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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If you've ever compared a frozen pizza to the photo on the box, you know the feeling of being duped by appetizing looks.
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2023
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Neanderthals in Combe-Grenal (France) preferred to hunt in open environments, and their hunting strategies did not alter during periods of climatic change, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Emilie Berlioz of the ...
Archaeology
Jan 18, 2023
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Polyethylene has a number of advantageous properties, but biodegradability is not one of them. A team of researchers has now developed a plastic which has similar thermoplastic properties to polyethylene but is also biodegradable. ...
Materials Science
Jan 5, 2023
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Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys contain some of Earth's coldest and driest deserts. The environment there is so extreme that the Dry Valleys have been used as Mars analogs to test prototype equipment for future Mars exploration.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2022
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