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The First Photograph of the Sun

EditorSeptember 26, 2020September 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_54294" align="aligncenter" width="838"] One of the first pictures ever taken of the sun. Leon Foucault and Louis Fizeau, 1845 SSPL—Getty Images[/caption] On Thursday, March 20, we celebrate the vernal...

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Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram

FiveSeptember 24, 2020

Artist's impression by Markus Gann/Shutterstock At a black hole, Albert Einstein's theory of gravity apparently clashes with quantum physics, but that conflict could be solved if the Universe were a...

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A scientist explores the mysteries of the gut-brain connection

EditorSeptember 14, 2020September 13, 2020

[caption id="attachment_53898" align="alignnone" width="750"] Sacha Vega/iStock[/caption] The brain in your head and the one in your gut are always exchanging info. But how do they do it? Neuroscientist Diego Bohórquez...

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How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find

EditorSeptember 12, 2020September 2, 2020

By PETER DOCKRILL / This article was originally posted on Science Alert. For more follow the link below. An experimental conservation project that was abandoned and almost forgotten about, has...

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A new way to study the brain’s invisible secrets

EditorSeptember 5, 2020September 2, 2020

Surface-level brain stimulation. The delivery of an electric current to the part of the brain involved in movement control, known as deep brain stimulation, is sometimes used to treat people...

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How trees talk to each other – A forest is much more than what you see

EditorSeptember 4, 2020September 2, 2020

"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk,...