An Antimatter Experiment Shows Surprises Near Absolute Zero
7hAn experiment conducted on hybrid matter-antimatter atoms has defied researchers' expectations.
Astronomer's Mind-Blowing Animation Shows The True Scale of Our Solar System
21hPrepare for your jaw to drop.
Hooray! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Become a Thriving Ecosystem, Scientists Say
3hAs elite distance swimmer Ben Lecomte approached the edge of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch , he started finding more and more of something unexpected — a lot of life. Many of Lecomte's findings were captured and examined by researchers from multiple universities around the world in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper published Friday , and co-author Rebecca Helm of the University of North Carolina
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1dAn international group of astronomers has uncovered new clues about a mysterious stellar explosion that was discovered eight years ago, but is continuing to evolve even as scientists watch.
Engineers Create an Enzyme That Breaks Down Plastic Waste in Hours, Not Decades
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Newly Identified Lupus-Causing Gene Provides a Potential Target For Better Treatments
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Elon Musk Warns Against Specific Prescription Drugs
1dElon Musk seems to be taking a page from the early-aughts anti-drug program everyone loves to hate — DARE. The group's slogan, "Just Say No," would've been a fitting tagline for the Tesla CEO's recent series of tweets telling users not to trust several prescription drugs that treat serious mental health concerns. The SpaceX founder and billionaire, who is currently trying to purchase the entirety
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Fuad El-Hibri, Who Led a Troubled Vaccine Maker, Dies at 64
1dHis company, Emergent BioSolutions, won a lucrative contract to produce Covid vaccines but then had to throw out millions of contaminated doses.
How to rebuild a life after the death of a partner
8hLosing someone you love dearly is devastating, but the bond couples shared in life is vital to those who live on The threat of death is more present in our national unconscious than it has been for decades. A killer virus and a sudden violent invasion in Europe have shaken our sense of safety. A safety that many of us took for granted. The horrific scale of deaths in Ukraine is only just beginnin
'We Can Only Be Enemies'
7hW hen the Russian army first began shelling Lukashivka, a village in northern Ukraine, dozens of residents fled to the Horbonos family's cellar. Children, pregnant women, bedridden pensioners, and the Horbonoses themselves headed down below the family's peach orchard and vegetable patches, and waited. For 10 days, they listened as shells whistled and crashed above several times an hour. The attac
Scientists Invent Weird Device to Simulate Kissing in VR
1dOn the Kisser Pucker up baby, because researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute, aka the Future Interfaces Group or FIG, figured out how to make users feel sensations on their lips, teeth and tongue in virtual reality. They released video footage of their research as well as a text report this week. FIG modified a purchased virtual reality headset to outpu
As The Oceans Warm, Marine Life Faces Extinction Levels That Rival The Dinosaurs' End
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Scientists: It's As If Something With Huge "Fingernails" Scratched the Surface of Mars
1hTantalizing Tidbits Scientists at the European Space Agency are getting all mythological on us. The ESA posted new photos of Mars' surface features captured by the Mars Express this week, describing them as looking "as if someone has raked their fingernails across the surface of the Red Planet, gouging out lengthy trenches as they did so." Rather than a monster's creation, though, the ESA said in
Catch a failing star: the tense wait for a supernova
6hAstronomers are hoping to witness the self-destruction of a star, which could help shed light on the creation of matter in our galaxy If Stephen Smartt gets lucky, he may one day receive a message that will give the astrophysicist an advance warning that one of the most extraordinary displays known to science is about to light up the night sky. Signals relayed by automated telescope arrays and un
Where does Earth end and outer space begin?
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How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google's Search Results
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8hGoogle Personal Search
Maybe you don't want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here's how to make them vanish.
Automation Isn't the Biggest Threat to US Factory Jobs
8hGerman factories have more robots than their US counterparts—so why are Americans four times more likely to leave their manufacturing jobs?
Elon Musk Is Feuding With [Checks Notes] AOC
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23hMusk A. Ocasio-Cortez
Got Beef? What do Bill Gates , Elizabeth Warren , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nikola Motors have in common? Why, beef with Elon Musk of course! The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who is currently trying to purchase the entirety of Twitter kicked up a new kerfuffle yesterday when he assumed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subtweeted him — the online equivalent of talking about somebo
Scientists Find Giant Tooth
1dBig Find Scientists have unearthed fossils from three huge new ichthyosaurs including one tooth so big, it outguns other fossilized teeth from the same species of dinosaur and could rewrite what we know about prehistoric evolution. As detailed in a new study published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , a team of European researchers recovered the fossils from the Kössen Formatio
Freezing Weather Forces Todd to Make Changes | Hoffman Family Gold
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Bill Gates calls for global surveillance team to spot pandemic threats
15hThe philanthropist urges world leaders to increase spending to improve preparedness for health threats
You Hear the Musical Saw. These Mathematicians Heard Geometry.
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Le Creuset's Bread Oven Bakes Great Loaves—for a Price
8hThe new bread-baking set from the top name in cast-iron cookware makes beautiful loaves—and commands a premium price.
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1dFruits contain two types of sugar: fructose and glucose. So, which fruits are low in sugar?
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through April 30)
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We're All Going to the World's Fair Takes On the Horror of Internet Echo Chambers
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In Epic Revenge, Bats Infect Ozzy Osbourne
41minSometimes the future is what happens when the past comes back to bite you in the ass after 40 years. In concerning news, 73-year-old rocker Ozzy Osbourne tested positive for COVID-19 this week, meaning the Black Sabbath frontman and self-styled devil worshipper who once accidentally bit the head off a live bat on stage is now infected with a virus that some experts say may have originated in bats
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Brave Volunteer Drinks "Dysentery Smoothie" to Give Himself "Life-Threatening Diarrhea"
22hIf all goes well, you won't have died of dysentery — unlike in the dysentery-loving Oregon Trail video game — because a brave volunteer took one for the team and tested out a vaccine for the bacteria that kills hundreds of thousands each year. Jake Eberts drank about a shot glass' worth of shigella bacteria, which causes the excruciating illness, earlier in April. He spent more than a week at an
How to Use Windows Security to Keep Your PC Protected
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8hMicrosoft Defender Windows
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The Skydio 2+ Drone Lets You Fly Like a Pro
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And How Do These Books Make You Feel?
7hJanet Malcolm once wrote that psychoanalysis requires the analyst and the patient to wrestle with an arrangement whose "radical unlikeness to any other human relationship" is dizzying for both parties involved. They consent to meet alone at the same time and place every week. Their mostly one-sided and confidential conversation is often staged with painstakingly positioned props: the couch, where
Fossils of Leaves in Borneo Reveal an Ancient 4 Million-Year-Old Forest
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Gotta bounce: Some spiders catapult away after sex to avoid death
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How we will travel beyond Mars – shortfilm by Erik Wernquist
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Best Apple Watch Bands of 2022
41minLiving with a miniaturized computer on your wrist can be a profound experience with connectivity, and with the best Apple Watch bands, your iWatch stays snug where it's meant to be. The best will turn your Apple Watch into an accessory that enhances your aesthetic, and will style nicely with your wardrobe. These wristbands run the gamut of styles and materials: some are made with woven nylon, oth
Black Moon solar eclipse looks otherworldly in stunning images
1hThe rare partial solar eclipse stunned skywatchers on Apirl 30. Here's a look at their images.
1883: Sådan foregår produktionen på Nakskovs nye sukkerfabrik
2hDyrkning af sukkerroer kan få stor betydning for agerbrugets fremme, og på Lolland har De Danske Sukkerfabrikker anlagt saftstationer, hvorfra roesaften pumpes til hovedfabrikken i Nakskov. I Den Tekniske Forenings Tidsskrift gennemgik ingeniør H. Hammerich detaljeret produktionsprocessen.
Blasting Out Earth's Location in Hopes of Reaching Aliens Is Controversial—Two Teams of Scientists Are Doing It Anyway
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If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can search for civilization, or they could make themselves easy to spot by building a fire or writing HELP in big letters. For scientists interested in the question of whether intelligent aliens exist, the options are much the same. For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizat
Contrary to popular belief, a dog's breed won't predict behavior
3hThey're well-known stereotypes: rottweilers and pit bulls are aggressive, while Labradors and golden retrievers are extra friendly.
Ultra Strong Plastics; The Future of Skyscrapers & Other Infrastructure
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Apple employees demand more flexibility after returning to office
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4hThe best Garmin watches grace the arms of professional and amateur athletes alike. The company packs a wide range of health sensors into their smartwatches to optimize the wearer's training efforts. Models track your runs, let you pre-plan your route, and offer cues as you go with detailed maps. And Garmins keep tabs on far more than your heartbeat and steps, measuring cadence and blood oxygen le
Delusion: Becoming the Thought Leader – A hypothesis on one kind of delusion formation
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Giant tooth of ancient marine reptile discovered in Alps
5hThe fossils of three ichthyosaurs—giant marine reptiles that patrolled primordial oceans—have been discovered high up in the Swiss Alps, and include the largest ever tooth found for the species, a study said Thursday.
Mark and Digger Stopped by Police While Moving $40,000 of Liquor! | Moonshiners
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Later, gator? One-fifth of all reptile species could go extinct, new study says
6hReptiles are in trouble: In fact, over 21% of reptile species are threatened with extinction worldwide, according to a first-of-its-kind global assessment of more than 10,000 species.
Making Buffalo Hide Shoes | Naked and Afraid #shorts
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Why I Left the Garden
7hAfter I lost my breast, I became a woman sutured by a kind of knowledge. All day I moved as if walking was no different from falling. I owned the potholes and the riddled sky. I owned nothing at all. Even from far away, I could hear the record skipping. Time was running out of hands. Of faces. The first time a lover traced my scar, fingered its river and kissed its groove, I woke early the next m
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Association Between Water Intake and Mortality Risk—Evidence From a National Prospective Study
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What are labor unions?
8hLabor unions have risen and fallen over the course of U.S. history, but interest in organizing is currently surging.
Nostalgia and Its Analgesia
10h"Nostalgia is a sentiment of loss and displacement, but it is also a romance with one's own fantasy. Nostalgic love can only survive in a long-distance relationship. A cinematic image of nostalgia is a double exposure, or a superimposition of two images—of home and abroad, of past and present, of dream and everyday life. The moment we try to force it into a single image, it breaks the frame or bu
Look! A polar bear meanders way down south in Canada
10hA polar bear was spotted Saturday in the Quebec region of Canada, prompting wildlife officials to warn residents of a small town stunned by this very rare appearance.
Rare birth of Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran
10hAn Asiatic cheetah gave birth to three "healthy" cubs in Iran, the head of the environment department said Sunday, calling it a first in captivity for the endangered species.
How protein powder is made
11hHave you ever wondered how protein powder is made, or which protein powder is right for you? Read on for the low down
2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17
11hListing of articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, April 24, 2022 through Sat, April 30, 2022. The following articles sparked above average interest during the week (bolded articles are from SkS authors): Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17 2022 , Newsmax using climate change outrage to lure paid newsletter subscribers , What Explains the Catac
Astroide passerer nær Jorden i 2029: Nasa forlænger rummission for et visit på småplaneten
13hPLUS. Den amerikanske rumadministration har besluttet at fortsætte en række rummissioner på opsendte rumfartøjer, skriver Nasa i et blog-indlæg. Hovedparten af de i alt otte forlængede rummissioner får lagt tre år til deres 'levetid', med undtagelse af InSight, som kun lever året ud. OSIRIS-REx skal omvendt forblive i aktion i hele ni år mere, idet rummissionen skal undersøge asteroiden Apophis, n
Will ebooks no longer be an option in the future? Will the only option to read by physical books? I mean will ebooks be discontinued in the future? If not, what platform will most people read and buy ebooks on?
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How many horses can you see? Most people cannot find more than four
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15hPsykologen Laura Cirell försöker i sin forskning ta reda på hur barn i olika åldrar rör sig till musik. Hon spelar bland annat hiten "Baby shark" i olika snabba tempon för att se hur småbarn reagerar. – När barn är mellan fem till 14 månader gamla så börjar de röra sig när de hör musik, Laura Cirell, experimentell psykolog.
En femtedel av världens reptilarter riskerar att dö ut
15hPå jorden finns i dag drygt 10 000 reptilarter som vi känner till. Men en ny rapport om reptilernas levnadssituation pekar mot en dyster framtid. Mer än 21 procent av jordens reptilarter riskerar att försvinna inom den närmsta framtiden. Spela videon för att se vilka djur det handlar om.
A conceptual framework for consciousness
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
On the dimensionality of behavior
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The non-Riemannian nature of perceptual color space
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Profile of Gisela Storz
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When being flexible matters: Ecological underpinnings for the evolution of collective flexibility and task allocation
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Phenotypic determinism and stochasticity in antibody repertoires of clonally expanded plasma cells
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Distinct ensembles in the noradrenergic locus coeruleus are associated with diverse cortical states
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Studies on enmetazobactam clarify mechanisms of widely used β-lactamase inhibitors
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Conserved and divergent chaperoning effects of Hsp60/10 chaperonins on protein folding landscapes
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Theoretical and experimental assessment of genome-based prediction in landraces of allogamous crops
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Human herpesvirus diversity is altered in HLA class I binding peptides
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
The presence and role of the intermediary CO reservoir in heterogeneous electroreduction of CO2
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Endogenous pannexin1 channels form functional intercellular cell–cell channels with characteristic voltage-dependent properties
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Pure nematic quantum critical point accompanied by a superconducting dome
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Anomalous phase separation in a correlated electron system: Machine-learning–enabled large-scale kinetic Monte Carlo simulations
20hProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 119, Issue 18 , May 2022.
Researchers manage to charge a lithium-ion battery to 60 percent in 5.6 minutes
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In-space manufacturing could help humanity fight climate change, startup says
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People trust AI fake faces more than real ones, research suggests
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Best 43-Inch TVs of 2022
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23h2022 Android 43-Inch
The best 43-inch TVs are a good choice for a shared set-up, but are also small enough for private use in the bedroom. You can curl up in bed with your partner to enjoy the newest romantic comedy or retreat to play a favorite video game after a long day at work. Regardless of how you use your TV, it's important to learn more about the resolution, refresh rate, panel technology, and dimensions befo
Inspired by prehistoric creatures, researchers make record-setting lenses that keeps everything between 3cm and 1.7km in focus
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I asked my AI assistant to answer one of the questions trending on Google: "How to be happy alone?"
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Here's Why Hibernation in Space May Not Be Possible For Future Space Travelers
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Scientists detail brain dynamics implicated in neurological conditions
1dResearchers used fMRI and a genetic mouse model to study the effects of a neurotransmitter on brain network functional connectivity, a dynamic process crucial for human health and behavior.
Best Metal Detectors for Gold in 2022
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Finding gold: few words conjures up more excitement, and it may be possible with one of the best metal detectors. OK, in the real world it's unlikely that gold prospecting will make you rich, but valuable gold nuggets and flakes are often found not far below the surface. Metal detecting for gold can be a lucrative hobby, and might also take you to some fascinating places. Choosing the right metal
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