Famed hockey coach Herb Brooks once told the 1980 Men’s Olympic Hockey Team that “great moments come with great opportunities.” Astronaut James A. McDivitt could easily have been the inspiration for this…
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Lab-created brain cells learn to play pong in just five minutes
Scientists have taught brain cells in a Petri dish how to play Pong, and the experience could forever change the way humans live. By Vic Medina | Published 2 days ago It’s…
Neanderthal men stayed close to home, while women migrated to mate, DNA evidence shows
Breadcrumb Links New “It makes them alive in a way and allows me to think about them in a much more complex way” Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia was…
Record-breaking measurement of the universe suggests ‘something is fishy’
Published on: 10/19/2022 – 15:10Amended: 10/19/2022 – 15:08 Paris (AFP)- The most precise measurements ever made of the composition of the universe and its rate of expansion suggest “something is fishy” in…
‘Oumuamua continues to baffle scientists 5 years after its discovery
Five years after spotting the first known object passing beyond our solar system, scientists are still trying to figure out what the strange object says about planetary systems. Marauding ice giant planets…
Next pandemic could come from melting glaciers, new data shows
The next pandemic may not come from bats or birds but from material in melting ice, according to new data. Genetic analysis of soil and lake sediments from Lake Hazen, the world’s…
Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs
An expedition of scientists and an artist is deploying underwater microphones in the ocean off Greenland to record and preserve the soundscape of melting icebergs. The hydrophones will record sounds every hour…
A first hydrogen-rich atmosphere for Mars deduced from the clays on its surface
October 18, 2022 Mars may have been born into a blue, water-covered world, long before Earth even finished forming, according to new research. This discovery could open a window for scientists on…
Astronomers create new technique to help search for dark matter
Radar detection of meteor (and DM) atmospheric ionization for simplified antenna setup. Here θ is the zenith angle, h the altitude and ~z the incoming trajectory. Head echo radar systems detect the…
Hubble examines the wreckage of the Kilonova 2017
In August 2017, astronomers observed a gravitational wave (GW) signal resulting from the merger of two neutron stars – known as the “kilonova” event. The consequences of this event (GW170817) were studied…