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August 4, 2020
Early Mars Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Rivers?
Cooling Caused by Eruptions, Not Meteors
‘Little Brain’ Not So Little After All
New Model Predicts Big Solar Flares
Aug. 3, 2020 — A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new research. The …
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Aug. 3, 2020 — New genetic and patient analyses suggest severe COVID is linked to overactive complement, one of the immune system’s oldest branches, and excess …
Health News
August 4, 2020
Neanderthal Heritage and Experience of Pain
Lab-Made Virus Mimics COVID-19 Virus
The Real Reason Behind Goosebumps
World Population to Shrink After Mid-Century
July 23, 2020 — Nerve cells have a special ion channel that has a key role in starting the electrical impulse that signals pain and is sent to the brain. New research finds that people who inherited the Neanderthal …
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New Molecule Reverses Alzheimer’s-Like Memory Decline
Aug. 4, 2020 — A drug candidate previously shown to slow aging in brain cells, successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of inherited Alzheimer’s disease. The new research also revealed that the drug, CMS121, works by changing how brain cells metabolize fatty molecules known as …
Physical/Tech News
August 4, 2020
Universe Is 12.6 Billion Years Old: New Estimate
Sun-Like Star With Two Giant Exoplanets
Volcanoes On Venus Are Still Active
Solar Mission Images Reveal ‘Campfires’ On Sun
July 27, 2020 — Using known distances of 50 galaxies from Earth to refine calculations in Hubble’s constant, astronomers estimates the age of the universe at 12.6 billion …
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Nanostructures Modeled on Moth Eyes Effective for Anti-Icing
Aug. 4, 2020 — Researchers have been working for decades on improving the anti-icing performance of functional surfaces and new work investigates a unique nanostructure, modeled on moth eyes, that has anti-icing properties. Moth eyes are of interest because they have a distinct ice-phobic and transparent surface. The researchers fabricated the moth eye nanostructure on a quartz substrate that was covered with a …
Environment News
August 4, 2020
Plato Was Right: Earth Made Basically of Cubes
Global Methane Emissions Soar to Record High
Turning Female Mosquitoes Into Non-Biting Males
Like Humans, Beluga Whales Have Friends
July 20, 2020 — The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. …
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In a Warming World, New England’s Trees Are Storing More Carbon
Aug. 4, 2020 — The study reveals that the rate at which carbon is captured from the atmosphere at Harvard Forest nearly doubled between 1992 and …
Society/Education News
August 4, 2020
Why Some Words More Memorable Than Others
Neighborhood You Grew Up In and Gene Regulation
Living Environment Key to Long Life
Human Activity: Vertebrate Evolutionary History
June 29, 2020 — Researchers have found that our brains may recall some common words, like ‘pig,’ ‘tank,’ and ‘door,’ much more often than others, including ‘cat,’ ‘street,’ and ‘stair.’ By combining memory tests, …
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COVID-19 Study in Australia Confirms Low Transmission in Educational Settings
Aug. 4, 2020 — New research from Australia finds COVID-19 transmission rates in New South Wales schools and early childcare education and care settings were minimal, particularly between children and from children to …
New Approach Refines the Hubble’s Constant and Age of Universe
Neanderthals May Have Had a Lower Threshold for Pain