Astronomy
What can psychoanalysis teach us about love and heartbreak?
We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI
We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI
A New Method For Producing Oxygen Using Magnets
Since sending the first human into space in the 1960s, the solution to one key challenge has remained elusive: the efficient and reliable production of oxygen in space. On the International Space Station, this problem is addressed by heavy and energy-intensive systems that are not ideal for long-duration space missions.
"Soot Planets" Might Be More Common Than "Water Worlds"
According to astronomers, water worlds, though admittedly not those containing Kevin Costner, are one of the most common types of planets in our solar system. This is partly due to low density estimates and the abundance of water ice past the “snow line” orbit of a star. But a new paper led by Jie Li and their colleagues at the University of Michigan, suggests there might be an alternative type of planet that fits the density data but is made up of a completely different type of material - soot.
Astronomers Discover One of the Most Massive Binary Stars in the Galaxy
Deep in one of our Galaxy's most spectacular star forming regions, astronomers have undertaken the most detailed look yet at a pair of stellar giants that rank among the heaviest stars ever directly measured in the Milky Way. The binary system NGC 3603-A1, located 25,000 light years from Earth, consists of two massive stars locked in an incredibly tight orbital dance.
3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers
3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers
We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought
We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought
Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with
Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with
First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action
First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action
The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
Thinning Arctic Sea Ice
Spouses Tend to Share Psychiatric Disorders, Massive Study Finds
Spouses often share psychiatric diagnoses, according to an analysis of almost 15 million people in three countries
A Giant Map Shows How DNA Changes as We Age
A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs—from the stomach to the retinas—could help researchers discover more targets for antiaging therapies
The Local Universe May Be Misleading Cosmologists about Dark Energy and Expansion
Our understanding of cosmology hinges on how well we know our own local universe, which remains poorly mapped and poorly understood