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Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers, and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this meteorite, discovered by beaver trappers, fell over a…
Neuroimaging study links anhedonia to altered brain connectivity
A neuroimaging study found that men and individuals with psychiatric symptoms who experience more pronounced anhedonia tend to have increased functional connectivity between the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus and the nucleus accumbens—two brain regions involved in reward processing. The…
Tesla’s 2024 financial results are out—and they’re terrible
Tesla released its financial results for 2024 on Wednesday afternoon, following the close of the markets. The maker of electric vehicles may have to invest in stocks of red ink, because 2024 results were even less impressive than the already-underwhelming…
Better male birth control is on the horizon
Men have two birth control options: condoms and vasectomies. Why has it taken so long to develop more contraceptives?
A cosmic ‘CT scan’ shows the universe is far more complex than expected
“This process is like a cosmic CT scan, where we can look through different slices of cosmic history and track how matter clumped together at different epochs.”
Are Atlantic Ocean currents weakening? A new study finds no, but other experts aren’t so sure.
A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there’s no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.
A short nap boosts problem-solving by strengthening hidden connections
A recent study published in the Journal of Sleep Research provides evidence that sleep, particularly rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, enhances problem-solving ability through analogical transfer. The researchers found that participants who took a nap were more successful at solving…
Meet some of the longest-lived animals
When you think a person is old, just how old are they? Does 50 seem old? What about 75? Or 100? That may be old for a human being. But for a glass sponge, turning 100 would be like a…
What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black
Alkaptonuria is an unusual disorder caused by a defect in protein metabolism.
