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It's Happening! NASA's Mars Helicopter Has Touched Down on The Red Planet
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It's Happening! NASA's Mars Helicopter Has Touched Down on The Red Planet
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It's Happening! NASA's Mars Helicopter Has Touched Down on The Red Planet
NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight, the US space agency said.
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A great illustration of the speed of light.
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Something Is Killing Trees, Creating 'Ghost Forests' Along The Atlantic Coast
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Something Is Killing Trees, Creating 'Ghost Forests' Along The Atlantic Coast
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Something Is Killing Trees, Creating 'Ghost Forests' Along The Atlantic Coast
Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina's Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on a section of trail that is completely submerged. Permanent flooding has become commonplace on this low-lying peninsu
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A Newly Reported Muon Wobble Could Break Physics as We Know It
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A Newly Reported Muon Wobble Could Break Physics as We Know It
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A Newly Reported Muon Wobble Could Break Physics as We Know It
The results from one of the most hotly-anticipated experiments in particle physics are in, and they could be about to fulfill every researcher's wildest dreams: They maybe, perhaps, could break physics as we know it.
April 12, 1961: The First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human in space. He orbited Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft for 108 minutes. The first human being broke free of the gravity bond with Earth, and orbited the planet.
Gagarin became an international celebrity at the time. He received the USSR’s highest honor, the Hero of the Soviet Union.
Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human in space. He orbited Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft for 108 minutes. The first human being broke free of the gravity bond with Earth, and orbited the planet.
Gagarin became an international celebrity at the time. He received the USSR’s highest honor, the Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Beyond Stunning
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Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Beyond Stunning
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Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Beyond Stunning
Spiders rely quite significantly on touch to sense the world around them. Their bodies and legs are covered in tiny hairs and slits that can distinguish between different kinds of vibrations.
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Mind-Bending NASA Visualization Shows The Wild Warping of Binary Black Holes
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Mind-Bending NASA Visualization Shows The Wild Warping of Binary Black Holes
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Mind-Bending NASA Visualization Shows The Wild Warping of Binary Black Holes
Although it's extremely difficult to directly image the shadow of and the space around a black hole, that's not the only tool astronomers have in their kit.
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The Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter is set to make history. It will make the first attempt at powered flight on another planet on Monday, April 19. Don’t miss your chance to watch live with helicopter team in mission control beginning at 6:15 a.m. EDT (10:15 a.m. UTC) as they receive the data and find out if they were successful.
Link: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI
Link: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI
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First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Live from Mission Control
Up, up, and away! The Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter is set to make history. It will make the first attempt at powered flight on another planet on Monday, April 19. Don’t miss your chance to watch live with helicopter team in mission control beginning at 6:15…
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The blades of an average helicopter on Earth rotate at a rate of 400-500 rotations per minute.
The blades of the Ingenuity rotate at a rate of 2,500 rotations per minute. 🚁
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The blades of the Ingenuity rotate at a rate of 2,500 rotations per minute. 🚁
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The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations
Some populations of neurons simultaneously process sensations and memories. New work shows how the brain rotates those representations to prevent interference.
During every waking moment, we humans and other animals have to balance on the edge of our awareness of past and present. We must absorb new sensory information about the world around us while holding on to short-term memories of earlier observations or events. Our ability to make sense of our surroundings, to learn, to act and to think all depend on constant, nimble interactions between perception and memory. Read on Quantamagazine.
Some populations of neurons simultaneously process sensations and memories. New work shows how the brain rotates those representations to prevent interference.
During every waking moment, we humans and other animals have to balance on the edge of our awareness of past and present. We must absorb new sensory information about the world around us while holding on to short-term memories of earlier observations or events. Our ability to make sense of our surroundings, to learn, to act and to think all depend on constant, nimble interactions between perception and memory. Read on Quantamagazine.
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We Finally Know How The Biggest Nuts Always Rise to The Top
The problem starts with Brazil nuts. The large edible seeds are a common fixture in mixed nut bags, but they're not to everyone's liking - especially since they get dry and bitter once past the peak of freshness. And to make matters worse, they alw
The world’s biggest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, is a parasite that spends much of its life inside its vine hosts. New genomic work suggests that the parasites in this group of plants have lost an astonishing share of their genes.
The bizarre genome of the world’s most mysterious flowering plants shows how far parasites will go in stealing, deleting and duplicating DNA.
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The bizarre genome of the world’s most mysterious flowering plants shows how far parasites will go in stealing, deleting and duplicating DNA.
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Our Sense of Time Is Warped When We Catch The Eye of Another Person
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Our Sense of Time Is Warped When We Catch The Eye of Another Person
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Our Sense of Time Is Warped When We Catch The Eye of Another Person
Our language weighs heavily with idioms and clichés about the human gaze. Whether they're windows to the soul, or we're staring daggers, eye contact communicates more about our intentions than words ever could alone.
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Mesmerizing Video Shows Ingenuity's 3rd, Surprisingly Long Mars Flight
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Mesmerizing Video Shows Ingenuity's 3rd, Surprisingly Long Mars Flight
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Mesmerizing Video Shows Ingenuity's 3rd, Surprisingly Long Mars Flight
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter successfully executed its third flight over the surface of Mars on Sunday.
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What's The Deal With The 'Supermoon'? There's a Clever Illusion Going On
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What's The Deal With The 'Supermoon'? There's a Clever Illusion Going On
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What's The Deal With The 'Supermoon'? There's a Clever Illusion Going On
No matter where you are in the world, and no matter how light the skies are, the Moon is always there. Our only natural satellite has inspired literature, art and science for thousands of years.
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There Could Be 14 Antimatter Objects Lurking Out There in The Milky Way
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There Could Be 14 Antimatter Objects Lurking Out There in The Milky Way
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There Could Be 14 Antimatter Objects Lurking Out There in The Milky Way
In a map of the gamma-ray sky - the highest energy electromagnetic radiation streaming through our Universe - 14 objects could be hiding a big secret.
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Scientists Have Identified Four Distinct Types of Alzheimer's And What They Do to Us
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Scientists Have Identified Four Distinct Types of Alzheimer's And What They Do to Us
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Scientists Have Identified Four Distinct Types of Alzheimer's And What They Do to Us
The more we understand about Alzheimer's, the faster we can work towards better treatments and ultimately a cure, which makes discovering four distinct subtypes of the brain disease an important one.