Scientists find a long-sought electric field in Earth’s atmosphere
The Earth’s ambipolar electric field is weak but strong enough to control the shape and evolution of the upper atmosphere.
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Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost ‘megaslump’ in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
The growing “gateway to the underworld,” officially known as the Batagay megaslump, is the largest megaslump in the world and exposes permafrost layers that are 650,000 years old.
Study finds grandfathers’ workouts enhance grandsons’ cognition in mice
New research published in The Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that the cognitive benefits of physical exercise can be transmitted transgenerationally from grandfathers to grandsons, suggesting that exercise-induced cognitive improvements may persist across multiple generations. Exercise has been shown to enhance…
Rocket Report: China leaps into rocket reuse; 19 people are currently in orbit
Enlarge / Landspace’s reusable rocket test vehicle lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. (credit: Landspace) Welcome to Edition 7.11 of the Rocket Report! Outside of companies owned by American billionaires, the most imminent…
Rain Bosworth studies how deaf kids experience the world
In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie watches a computer screen. Wherever she looks, an eye tracker follows. It records what she looks at and for how long. The baby, about 6 months…
Parasitic ‘horror’ wasp that bursts from a fly’s abdomen like an ‘Alien’ xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts’ abdomens while they’re still alive.
AI models believe racist stereotypes about African Americans that predate the Civil Rights movement — and they ‘try to hide it when confronted’
When exposed to terms common in different racial dialects, large language models make inherently racist assumptions about people from particular racial groups, even without explicitly knowing their race.
Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing’s Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
4 silver Viking Age bracelets discovered ‘untouched’ on Norway mountainside after more than 1,000 years
Archaeologists have unearthed a set of uniquely decorated bracelets on the site of a “large and powerful” Viking Age farm.
Scientists erase “bad memories” to improve long-term Parkinson’s disease treatment
In a recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uncovered a potential breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. By focusing on a common side effect of Parkinson’s treatments called dyskinesia,…
