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Human beings live every day with the understanding of our own mortality, but do animals have any concept of death? It’s a question that has long intrigued scientists, fueled by reports of ants, for example, appearing to attend their own”funerals”;…
According to a new study published in Nature Mental Health, people with autistic traits tend to favor imitation over inferring the motives behind others’ actions when learning through observation. These findings could lead to a deeper understanding of the cognitive…
Scientists have been looking at DNA to store all types of data — not just biological, but also digital. Yet while DNA is a great storage material, it’s also quite fragile. Water or heat can damage it easily — unless…
Objective: Investigate how the size of a meteorite is related to the size of the crater it makes upon impact Areas of science: Astronomy Difficulty: Easy beginner Time required: Very Short (≤ 1 day) Prerequisites: None Material availability: Readily available…
Some of the earliest galaxies found with JWST are also the brightest. That’s a problem for our ideas about the universe.
A recent study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience found that people on both sides of the immigration debate tend to endorse factual statements that align with their own beliefs and favor messages from people within their group. Importantly,…
In the beginning, North Korean hackers compromised the banking infrastructure running AIX, IBM’s proprietary version of Unix. Next, they hacked infrastructure running Windows. Now, the state-backed bank robbers have expanded their repertoire to include Linux. The malware, tracked under the…
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at how broadband data caps affect consumers, and is considering whether it has authority to regulate how Internet service providers impose such caps. Democrats are spearheading the effort over the opposition…
Facing a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to reconsider its decision to take popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs off of the national shortage list, which will allow compounding pharmacies to continue selling cheaper copycat versions—at least for…
Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.
