Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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Fossil From 310 Million Years Ago Rewrites the Story of Fish Evolution
Life reconstruction of Platysomus, with open mouth showing toothplate on the floor of the mouth supported by gill bones. Credit: Joschua Knüppe -
Seal’s sensitive whiskers hold key to foiling fish escapes
Life beneath the waves can be a game of cat and mouse. Seals pursue swimming fish by following the tell-tale wakes and spinning vortices they leave behind, sensing the faint swirls with their sensitive…
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JWST delivers 1st weather report of nearby world with no sun — stormy and covered with auroras
The latest weather forecast doesn’t come from Dublin, London or New York — it comes from deep space, where a lonely world drifts without a sun and glows with auroras more dazzling than Earth’s northern lights.
The world, called SIMP-0136, is…
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Probe powerfully records neural circuits during behavior – UW Medicine
Trying to document how single brain cells participate in networks that govern behavior is a daunting task. Brain probes called Neuropixels, which feature high-density silicon arrays, have enabled scientists to collect electrophysiological data of…
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Scientists Discover the Hidden Ingredient That Helped Form Earth’s Inner Core
Cartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced by the geodynamo extend into space and interact with the solar wind.The iron-rich core at Earth’s centre is slowly freezing… Continue Reading
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Satellite operators seek help from ITU to improve coordination for space safety
SYDNEY — Satellite operators are asking an international regulator to help maintain lines of communication among them to deal with potential conjunctions and other space safety issues.
During a panel at the International Astronautical…
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Moon Missions Could Finally Reveal the Secrets of Dark Matter
Dark matter is hidden from our view making it difficult to study. Despite making up roughly 80 percent of all matter, we can’t see it, touch it, or directly detect it with any of our instruments. It doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect…
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NASA IG Audit Raises Aging Spacesuit Concerns
NASA IG Audit Raises Aging Spacesuit Concerns | Aviation Week Network
