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Sky above, science within — your guide to the universe.
In the Realm of Bright Ideas
Joined June 2022
🔥 ESA’s New 3I/ATLAS Image Shows Shockingly Non-Comet-Like Features The latest ESA XMM-Newton X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS is fascinating because it reveals several features that don’t match what comets typically look like in visible light: 🔴 1. A Spherical X-ray Glow Instead of a
Our @ESA_XMM has observed comet #3IATLAS in X-ray light! When gas molecules streaming from a comet collide with the solar wind they produce X-rays, seen here as the red glow of 3I/ATLAS 👉 https://t.co/Hv0Dv3AAg9 Blue marks empty space with little X-rays, while the black
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🎗 Scientists made tumors look like pork —and the immune system destroyed them. Over 90% success in early cancer trials! In a groundbreaking cancer breakthrough, Chinese scientists have successfully reprogrammed the immune system to attack tumors by making them appear as pig
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Scholars say this daylight savings time is deeply out of sync with both human biology and the natural world. Dr. Rachelle Wilson Tollemar, an Indigenous scholar, argues that daylight saving time (DST) is an artificial construct that’s not rooted in ecology. In nature, longer
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Past, present, and future may all exist at once. Here’s why your experience of “now” might be a mental glitch. What if time doesn’t actually move? Philosopher Adrian Bardon proposes that our sense of time “flowing” is just a mental glitch—a cognitive construction rather than a
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🚨 Scientists say dark matter may not be in our universe — but in a hidden one right next door. For decades, scientists have hunted for dark matter—the invisible substance that makes up about 27% of the universe and keeps galaxies from flying apart. Yet despite countless
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The latest Microsoft Research Forum episode is now available on-demand. Explore purposeful research and its real-world impact.
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Complex life evolved nearly a billion years earlier than we thought. The origin of complex life on Earth may have occurred nearly a billion years earlier than previously believed, according to groundbreaking research published in Nature. Scientists have long assumed that the
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🚨 Does Your Focus Shape Reality? Science Says Observation Matters In quantum physics, scientists have found that the very act of observing tiny particles can change how they behave. This is called the “observer effect.”It means that, at the smallest levels of nature, watching
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The fifth dimension is one of the most mind-bending ideas in theoretical physics a concept that stretches far beyond our three spatial dimensions and time itself. While we can move forward and backward in time or space, the fifth dimension is imagined as a pathway through
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🚨👽 CONGRESSWOMAN CLAIMS PROOF OF NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE ⚠️ U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna says she was shown information inside a SCIF — a highly secure, no-phones, no-recording room where top-secret government material is reviewed. She suggested that the
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A groundbreaking cancer vaccine kept 88% of test subjects cancer-free—and stopped tumors from spreading. This could change everything. Developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the vaccine uses lipid nanoparticles to deliver both cancer-specific
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💪 Can you do 50 push-ups in a row? Being able to do 50 consecutive push-ups is more than just a party trick—it places you well above the average adult in terms of upper-body muscular endurance. While fitness levels vary by age and sex, most sources estimate the average man
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🧬 Mental illness has just been linked to a single gene In a major breakthrough, scientists have identified the first single gene that can directly cause psychiatric illness—without the influence of other genetic or environmental factors. The gene, GRIN2A, plays a key role in
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Children who maintain strong relationships with their grandparents often show better emotional health and resilience. Research highlighted by Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child shows that supportive, stable relationships act as a powerful buffer against stress in
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See a stock that setting up for big gains? Let’s help you be the first one to it.
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Marie Curie’s remains are still radioactive today because of her long-term exposure to highly radioactive elements such as radium and polonium. The contamination persists largely due to Radium-226, which has an extremely long half-life of around 1,600 years. As a result, both
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A person naturally breathes more through one nostril at a time because of a process called the nasal cycle. During this cycle, the blood vessels in the nasal tissues swell on one side while shrinking on the other. This causes one nostril to become the dominant airway for a
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A study from the Pediatrics Research Center found that children who receive a smartphone by age 13 face increased risks of poor sleep, obesity, and depression. Researchers noted that these risks grow the earlier a child is given a smartphone. The study also highlighted that
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A UK employment tribunal ruled that calling a man “bald” in a derogatory way can qualify as sexual harassment. The panel reasoned that baldness is far more common among men, making insults about it inherently linked to sex under the Equality Act. They compared such remarks to
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The plan was clean. The escape? Not so much. Midway City doesn’t play fair. Wishlist this 4-player coop heist FPS on Steam today.
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In parts of Germany, new dog owners are required to pass a written and practical exam before getting a dog, a system designed to ensure responsible ownership. The written test checks knowledge of dog care, behaviour, and legal duties, while the practical test evaluates real-world
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The Wind Phone in Otsuchi, Japan is a disconnected phone booth where people speak to loved ones who have passed away. It was created by garden designer Itaru Sasaki and became widely known after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Visitors lifting the receiver to share grief,
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Research in PubMeD shows that repeatedly yelling at children can be just as harmful as physical punishment. When toddlers are yelled at, their brains respond as if under threat — releasing stress hormones and potentially altering the development of regions tied to emotion,
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