Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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Maybe you’ve learned to dislike the smell. Maybe your socks are full of gross bacteria. Or maybe, it’s both. Our team studies the brain and sense of smell
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- Written by: James Jin Kang and Paul Haskell-Dowland
With #StayAtHome and social distancing now becoming a way of life, an increasing number of people are relying on the internet for work, education and entertainment.
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- Written by: Chris Impey
Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, it’s also getting a lot of competition from misinformation.
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- Written by: Ari Berkowitz
The Human Genome Project was an international scientific collaboration that successfully mapped, sequenced and made publicly available the genetic content of human chromosomes – or all human DNA.
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- Written by: Gang Chen
Biosolids – primarily dead bacteria – from sewage plants are usually dumped into landfills. However, they are rich in nutrients and can potentially be used as fertilizers.
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- Written by: Julie Shiels
Smartphones have changed the way we inhabit public space and more specifically, how we fill our time while waiting.
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- Written by: Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
Western science, in its perception of quantitative time, might eventually edge toward a dynamic concept of time (such as the Maya have). Physicists such as Fay Dowker (2018) have started to look for a way out of the concept of fixed time. Dowker says that her teacher Stephen Hawking only touched on the question of whether time really passes.
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- Written by: Elizabeth C. Tippett and Jesse King
Some ads can be more than misleading – they can put your health at risk.
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- Written by: Ben Carter and Nicola Kalk
Love them or hate them, smartphones have become ubiquitous in everyday life. And while they have many positive uses, people remain concerned about the potential negative harms of excessively using them – especially in children and teens.
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- Written by: Terri R. Kurtzberg
The fear that digital distractions are ruining our lives and friendships is widespread.
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- Written by: Antonis Rokas
It’s hard to imagine a holiday table without bread, meat, vegetables, wine, beer or a board of French cheeses for those with more adventurous palates.
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- Written by: Duncan Walker
The UK government plans to ban the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Clearly the plan is for all citizens to be driving electric or hybrid-electric cars, or – better still – riding bicycles.
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- Written by: Alexis Blue
Young people hooked on their smartphones may have an increased risk for depression and loneliness, researchers report.
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- Written by: Salvatore Domenic Morgera
The human brain sends hundreds of billions of neural signals each second. It’s an extraordinarily complex feat.
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- Written by: Richard Gunderman
By the time he drew his self-portrait at age 45, Humboldt had tutored himself in every branch of science, spent more than five years on a 6,000-mile scientific trek through South America
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- Written by: Maggie Villiger
Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with when and how to do it ethically.
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- Written by: Mike Williams
A new technique grows live bone to repair craniofacial injuries by attaching a 3D-printed bioreactor—basically, a mold—to a rib.
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- Written by: Kate C. Tilleczek
Young people are now fully ensconced in the digital age as it whirls around and within them.
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- Written by: Alice Scott
Wirelessly charging your phone, while highly convenient, risks depleting the life of devices using typical lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), report researchers.
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- Written by: Darren Cockburn
The speed at which digital device usage has spread is phenomenal. Many of us are spending hours of our time each day using these devices – usually looking at screens. I’m referring to things like phones, computers, tablets, TVs, virtual reality headsets and smart watches.
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- Written by: Stephen Rice and Scott Winter
As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel habits not only around their own communities but across much larger distances.
