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Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space policy under the Trump Administration. Sources familiar with the five people on the team, who…
This might be the most important watch of the year for fitness fans.
The Panasonic Lumix is a high-spec Micro Four Thirds camera with professional photo and video features that make it a great hybrid solution.
A new study has uncovered a surprising player in ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects: astrocytes, the star-shaped support cells of the brain. By studying larval zebrafish, researchers found that ketamine reduces behavioral passivity by altering astrocytic activity in response to futile…
The KM3NeT telescopes, currently under construction, will catch high-energy neutrinos that could reveal secrets of the cosmos.
A study of individuals with various psychiatric disorders found that gut microbiota composition is associated with changes in psychological functioning. Specifically, the researchers identified associations between functional domains—negative valence, social processes, cognitive systems, and arousal/regulatory systems—and the abundance of eight…
Editor’s note: Warning: Although we’ve done our best to avoid spoiling anything too major, please note this list does include a few specific references to several of the listed films that some might consider spoiler-y. This was the year that…
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a baby photo of six Jupiter-sized worlds. These newborn objects are cradled in a stellar nursery some 1,000 light-years away. And the tiniest among them is swaddled in a dusty disk that might…
Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.
New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone.
