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Working memory is more complicated than we thought
Working memory is more complicated than we thought A new study reveals that working memory is not solely controlled by the prefrontal cortex, but rather involves multiple brain regions, including the early visual cortex. The research found that disrupting neural activity in the early visual cortex (V1) impaired participants’ ability to remember visual information, suggesting […]
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Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk
Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk The trade in “pez diablo” (devil fish) is threatening real species of guitarfishes, which are rare and at risk due to overfishing and habitat loss. Guitarfishes are being caught, dried, and carved into exotic shapes to create pez […]
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Summer Begins in Northern Hemisphere
Summer Begins in Northern Hemisphere The first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere is June 20, 2025, which is also the longest day of the year. The Southern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day and beginning of winter on June 20, 2025. Earth orbits at an angle, causing the Northern Hemisphere to tilt towards the […]
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NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space
NASA Tech to Use Moonlight to Enhance Measurements from Space NASA is launching a new mission called Arcstone to measure moonlight from space and use it as a calibration standard for Earth-viewing sensors. The mission will use a spectrometer to measure lunar spectral reflectance, which will provide a stable and universal calibration source for satellite […]
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NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site
NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured photos of the impact site of the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon lander, which experienced a hard landing on June 5, 2025. The LRO’s Narrow Angle Camera took images from about 50 miles above the surface of Mare […]
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NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California NASA’s P-3 Orion aircraft and Dynamic Aviation’s King Air B200 will conduct low-altitude atmospheric research flights from June 22 to July 2, 2025. The flights will take place over parts of the East Coast (Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond) and West Coast (Los Angeles Basin, Salton Sea, Central […]
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Hubble Studies Small but Mighty Galaxy
Hubble Studies Small but Mighty Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope has released an image of NGC 4449, a small but mighty galaxy located 12.5 million light-years away. NGC 4449 is a starburst galaxy, meaning it’s forming new stars at a much faster rate than expected for its size, and this global burst of star formation is […]
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Harnessing AI for transforming pharmacy education and research
Harnessing AI for transforming pharmacy education and research Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to transform pharmacy education. AI offers powerful tools for personalization, efficiency, and innovation in pharmacy education. AI can help improve student outcomes by providing tailored learning experiences. The use of AI in pharmacy research is also increasing, enabling faster and more […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4577-4579: Watch the Skies
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4577-4579: Watch the Skies Curiosity Rover has successfully parked in a trough cutting through a highly fractured region on Mars, allowing for further investigation of mysterious boxwork structures. The rover will conduct various scientific experiments, including observing cloud motion, studying the rover workspace, and analyzing the composition of two targets: “Copacabana” and […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4575-4576: Perfect Parking Spot
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4575-4576: Perfect Parking Spot The NASA Curiosity rover has successfully parked itself in a stable location on Mars, using its Chemistry Camera and Remote Micro Imager to capture images of interesting textures exposed in an outcrop. Curiosity will now conduct APXS (Atmospheric and Physical Xenology System) and ChemCam compositional analyses of the […]
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Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from
Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 led to the development of national standards for fire hose threading, which has since improved emergency responses across the country and paved the way for consistency in scientific research. In science, standardization allows for more […]
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Nostalgic foods and scents like fresh-cut grass and hamburgers grilling bring comfort, connection and well-being
Nostalgic foods and scents like fresh-cut grass and hamburgers grilling bring comfort, connection and well-being Nostalgia can bring comfort, connection, and well-being by evoking positive emotions and memories from our past. The concept of nostalgia has evolved over time, shifting from being considered an unhealthy emotional response to a predominantly positive experience that serves as […]
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NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry
NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry NASA’s Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) team will gather data on The Exploration Company’s Mission Possible capsule as it returns to Earth following its launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The SCIFLI team, stationed in Hawaii and flying aboard an agency Gulfstream III aircraft, […]
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NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge
NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge is in its 31st year, an annual engineering competition that challenges students to design and build a lunar rover. The 2025 challenge required teams to power their rovers either with human pilots or remote control, with over 500 students from around the world participating. Teams […]
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Method turns urine into super valuable material
Method turns urine into super valuable material A research team has engineered a yeast platform that converts human urine into hydroxyapatite, a high-value, biocompatible substance for use in dental and bone implants. The process achieves two goals at once: removing human urine from wastewater streams and producing a material that can be commercially marketed for […]
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Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient
Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient A team of scientists has developed a system that uses light to power chemical reactions, which could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient. The system, called photoredox catalysis, uses an organic catalyst that absorbs multiple photons of light and stores energy to kick-start reactions […]
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Laser beams power soft robotic arm for complex tasks
Laser beams power soft robotic arm for complex tasks Rice University researchers have developed a soft robotic arm that can perform complex tasks like navigating around obstacles or hitting a ball, guided and powered remotely by laser beams without any onboard electronics or wiring. The robotic arm uses azobenzene liquid crystal elastomer—a type of polymer […]
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Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes
Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes Mars’ reddish hue comes from iron oxide in rocks and dust covering its surface, not just blood as ancient cultures believed. The planet’s color can vary depending on the location, with most of Mars appearing rusty […]
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Discovery challenges decades-old ideas about brain flexibility
Discovery challenges decades-old ideas about brain flexibility A new study challenges decades-old assumptions about brain flexibility by revealing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites to achieve different types of plasticity. The research, published in Science Advances, found that spontaneous and evoked transmissions use separate synaptic transmission sites, each with its own developmental timeline and […]
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4573-4574: Welcome to the Uyuni Quad
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4573-4574: Welcome to the Uyuni Quad Curiosity Rover has successfully completed its activities at the “Altadena” drill site and moved to the next mapping quadrangle, known as the Uyuni Quad. The rover’s exploration area has been divided into 1.5 kilometer by 1.5 kilometer square quads, with each quad named after a town […]
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Bumblebee queens take days off
Bumblebee queens take days off Bumblebee queens, responsible for founding their colonies, take regular breaks from reproduction to avoid burning out before their first workers arrive. The pauses in egg-laying appear to be triggered by the developmental stages of the existing brood, with queens resuming reproduction when pupae are present. Researchers monitored over 100 queens […]
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AI helps tell snow leopards apart, improving population counts for these majestic mountain predators
AI helps tell snow leopards apart, improving population counts for these majestic mountain predators Researchers are using AI to help identify individual snow leopards from camera trap photos, which can be challenging due to poor lighting, angles, and obscuring parts of the animal. The current method for identifying individuals involves comparing patterns of black rosettes […]
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50 years after ‘Jaws,’ researchers have retired the man-eater myth and revealed more about sharks’ amazing biology
50 years after ‘Jaws,’ researchers have retired the man-eater myth and revealed more about sharks’ amazing biology 50 years after the release of “Jaws,” researchers have debunked the myth that sharks are mindless killers, revealing their amazing biology and fascinating adaptations. Sharks have an incredible ability to replace their teeth throughout life, with some species […]
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‘Magic’ lenses make infrared light visible
‘Magic’ lenses make infrared light visible Researchers have developed an ultra-thin lens that can transform infrared light into visible light, using a special metasurface composed of nanostructures. The new process allows for mass production of these metalenses, which are 40 times thinner than human hair and made from lightweight materials like lithium niobate. The metalenses […]
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NuSTAR Art + Coloring Pages
NuSTAR Art + Coloring Pages NASA has released a series of coloring pages inspired by the NuSTAR mission. The coloring pages are available for download as PNG and PDF files, featuring various themes such as spacecraft, the Sun, stellar remains, X-ray binaries, and spiral galaxies. Each page is designed to be visually appealing and educational, […]
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NASA’s SLS Rocket: Booster Separation Motors
NASA’s SLS Rocket: Booster Separation Motors NASA’s SLS Rocket has the largest and most powerful solid propellant boosters to ever fly, standing 17 stories tall. The boosters generate 3.6 million pounds of thrust each, with a total of 7.2 million pounds for both boosters, exceeding that of 14 four-engine jumbo commercial airliners. Each booster has […]
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NASA’s Hurricane Science, Tech, Data Help American Communities
NASA’s Hurricane Science, Tech, Data Help American Communities NASA uses its unique vantage point to study hurricanes from space, providing critical data for forecasting and decision-making. The agency’s satellites and sensors monitor sea surface temperature, ocean heat content, wind patterns, and atmospheric stability to identify early warning signs of hurricane formation. NASA also tests new […]
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Listen: Are we training AI to think too much like humans?
Listen: Are we training AI to think too much like humans? James Evans, a University of Chicago sociologist and data scientist, believes that current AI models are being trained to think too much like humans. This narrow approach is holding back scientific exploration and limiting our ability to discover new breakthroughs. Evans advocates for building […]
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Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene
Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the spiral galaxy IC 758, which appears peaceful but hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy was affected by a powerful supernova explosion in 1999, known as SN 1999bg, which marked the end of a massive star far more than the Sun’s […]
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How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it
How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it Researchers have found that coordinating the operation of large numbers of home air-conditioning units can help balance supply and demand on the power grid, increasing the reliability of the grid and making it easier to accept more renewable energy. The system developed […]
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