Excitonium: New Form of Matter Discovered 50 Years After Theorized
Scientists have identified a new form of matter known as “excitonium,” the existence of which has been theorized for 50 years. “The result is of cosmic significance.”
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The Neuroscience of Changing Your Mind
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found that last-minute decision-making is a lot more complicated than previously known, involving complex neural coordination among multiple brain areas. The revelations may help scientists unravel certain aspects of addictive behaviors and understand why accidents like falls grow increasingly common as we age.
A.I. Algorithm Can Determine a Neighborhood’s Political Leanings By Its Cars
Stanford researchers were able to determine a neighborhood’s political leanings based on analysis of Google Street View images by computer algorithms with the ability to see and learn.
Discovery of Giant ‘Monster’ Planet Shatters Previously Held Formation Theory
Scientists have discovered a planet the size of Jupiter orbiting a star that’s only half the size of the sun, contradicting theories that a star so small could form a planet so large.
5,000 Mile Long Atmospheric River Streams Across the Sky From China to US Pacific Northwest
A 5,000-mile-long belt of rain is battering the Pacific Northwest this week, an “atmospheric river” stretching across the Pacific Ocean from China to British Columbia. The storm system, which some weather Read More…
DuPont Subsidiary Chemours May Have Been Dumping GenX Toxin Into North Carolina Drinking Water Source For Decades
N.C. State University scientists conducting a study in Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina, have detected a persistent toxic industrial chemical known simply as GenX in the drinking water source, which has apparently Read More…
The Brain Has Its Own “Autofill” Function For Speech
The neural version of a texting app anticipates what comes next when we hear speech.
UN Warns Pesticides Cause 200,000 Deaths A Year
UN report says pesticides are having ‘catastrophic impacts’ on human health and environment while failing to end hunger.
New NASA Experiment Shows Potatoes Can Grow in Mars-Like Conditions
Scientists at NASA and the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima, Peru, have successfully grown tubers in an experiment that recreates the extreme conditions on the surface of Mars, in a NASA-backed project called “Potatoes on Mars.”
New Study Finds Brain Activity Continues After Death of Body
According to a new study, brain activity may continue for over 10 minutes after one’s body appears to have died.
NASA Discovers Entire New Solar System With Earth-Like Planets Capable of Supporting Life
NASA announced a remarkable, groundbreaking new find in a press conference on Wednesday: an entire new solar system filled with planets similar to Earth and could potentially support life. Researchers revealed that they have made perhaps the most promising exoplanet discovery ever, finding seven planets that are in orbit around a relatively nearby star,
The Corrosive Effect of Perpetual, Relentless Lies and Deception to the Human Brain
The human mind suffers when faced with a constant barrage of lying, as leading psychologists have discovered, and lies are eventually accepted as truth.
2016 Is 3rd Consecutive Year To Break Global Temperature Records As ‘Hottest Year Ever’
NASA and the NOAA have jointly confirmed that 2016 was the hottest year in recorded history, ever since mankind began recordkeeping in 1880. The record was previously held by 2015, and prior to that, by 2014. At the end of October, Arctic ice was at its second-lowest point since we started keeping track.
‘Brightest Supernova Ever’ Was Actually a Black Hole Violently Shredding a Star
An incredibly luminous outburst that astronomers had previously classified as possibly the brightest supernova ever actually might have been caused by the explosive death of a star torn apart by a giant black hole, a new study finds.
Extinction-Level Superflares May Blast Earth’s Nearest Exoplanet Proxima b
The recent discovery of a planet around the star closest to Earth’s sun has raised hopes that life might exist around the sun’s nearest neighbor, but researchers now find that Read More…