If Your Kid Suddenly Loses The Plot Mid-Conversation, This Could Be The Reason
Holding a conversation with a five-year-old can be an adventure. One second you’re sharing opinions on favorite breakfast cereals, the next they’ve jumped ship to...
Space
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Astronauts face rapid loss in bone density on ISS
Floating around in space sounds like fun, but doing so takes a massive toll on your body. A study published on June 30 in the...
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How many minerals are there on Earth?
Robert Hazen was attending a Christmas party, one December night in 2006, when a biologist friend and colleague asked a simple question: “Were there any...
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‘Happy’ And ‘Sad’ Music Might Not Be Nearly as Universal as We Thought
It’s the climax of the movie. The protagonist’s love interest is mortally wounded, their dog has run off, and for some reason it’s now raining....
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After The Largest Extinction Event on Earth, These Animals Were The First to Recover
The Permian–Triassic extinction event, which happened roughly 252 million years ago, is colloquially known as the Great Dying because of the way it obliterated life...
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New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning...
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Tonga Volcano Blasted Out Pressure Waves “Very Close to The Theoretical Limit”
The massive eruption from the underwater Tonga volcano in the Pacific earlier this year generated a blast so powerful, it sent massive pressure waves rippling...
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What do fireworks look like from space?
Astronauts on long missions aboard the International Space Station often spend their holidays peering down at Earth. But while they may be missing out on...
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Organic carbon on Mars could be from old life—or volcanoes
Early this year, the Curiosity rover revealed organic carbon, a key ingredient of life as we know it, on Mars. “We’re finding things on Mars...