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A chemical reaction that recycles carbon dioxide into fresh oxygen could provide more sustainable life support for astronauts on the moon or Mars – and as a bonus, it also produces carbon nanotubes #turn #CO2 #astronaut #exhales #fresh #oxygen

Auroras could paint the skies Monday (Sept. 16) at much lower latitudes than usual as a “strong” G3-class geomagnetic storm crackles through Earth’s atmosphere, according to the latest report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center. The northern lights could be visible as far south as Oregon, Iowa and Pennsylvania … Read more

September 16, 2024 2 min read Caterpillars Sense Hungry Wasps’ Electrical Field Predators’ electricity gives caterpillars an early warning By Gennaro Tomma Nigel Cattlin/Alamy Stock Photo Some animals have evolved an ability to detect the invisible electrical fields that fill the world around us. This seemingly alien power is well known in aquatic animals as … Read more

Pregnancy may permanently change parts of the brain bernardbodo/iStockphoto/Getty Images The human brain goes through significant changes during pregnancy with few regions untouched, according to the first ever map of this over the course of gestation and beyond. Some regions of the brain shrink during this time, while others grow and become better connected. These … Read more

Most ice age teens started puberty around the same time as humans in modern times do, according to archaeologists who studied the skeletons of adolescents who died in Europe between 10,000 and 30,000 years ago. But physical maturity was delayed in some individuals, likely because of their challenging and hazardous lifestyles. An international team of … Read more

A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico not all that far from Key West. The darkened waters there were carefully chosen from among dozens of potential landing spots near Florida. This … Read more

NASA scientists on Earth have recreated the creepy black “spiders” that litter the surface of Mars. The breakthrough left the researchers “shrieking” with joy and could help uncover further secrets about the mysterious structures. “Spiders on Mars” is the name given to a geological feature, known as araneiform terrain, that is visible in multiple locations … Read more

A new study by MIT physicists proposes that a mysterious force known as early dark energy could solve two of the biggest puzzles in cosmology and fill in some major gaps in our understanding of how the early universe evolved. One puzzle in question is the “Hubble tension,” which refers to a mismatch in measurements … Read more

West African genetic ancestry was associated with increased prostate cancer among men living in disadvantaged neighborhoods but not among men living in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings suggest that neighborhood environment may play a role in determining how genetic ancestry … Read more

How much liquid is left in this box of white wine? Shutterstock/oleschwande​r Have you ever found yourself dispensing wine from a box, or beer from a standing keg, and wondered how much liquid is left in the container? If you were thinking about it like a mathematician, you might have noticed that the fuller the … Read more