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Sunshine matters a lot to mental health; temperature, pollution, rain not so much
When it comes to your mental and emotional health, the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is the weather variable that matters most.Image...
Smoking a pack a day for a year causes 150 mutations in lung cells
An infographic describing the yearly number of mutations produced in a given type of cell by smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Credit:...
Illuminating lies with brain scan outshines polygraph test, study finds
Image is a Z-statistic map threshold at voxel-height probability of P<.001and cluster probability of P<.05 displayed over axial MNIT1 anatomic template. Significant clusters are...
Scientists set traps for atoms with single-particle precision
This image shows the basic setup that enables researchers to use lasers as optical "tweezers" to pick individual atoms out from a cloud and...
Why some songs get stuck in your head
Image Credit: Flickr/Doug88888
Almost all of us get songs stuck in our heads from time to time but why do certain tunes have the 'stick...
The Biggest Supermoon in Nearly 70 Years
Image Credit: Flickr/costachico
We’re about to see the biggest since 1948, the closest full moon in the 21st century.
If you go outside on November 14, you...
Study reveals non-invasive prenatal genetic test is accurate five weeks into pregnancy
Comparison of approaches to obtain fetal DNA in ongoing pregnancies, including amniocentesis, chorionic villous sampling (CVS), cell-free fetal DNA, and trophoblast retrieval isolation from...
Global hot spot maps link consumers with impacts
This map shows the changing US CO2 footprint around the world between 1970 and 2008. Red hotspots illustrated where the US carbon footprint has...
The energy-saving data glasses
Fraunhofer researchers have developed an energy-saving display that reduces the power consumption to a fraction.Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer FEP
Data glasses mirror information to the...
GRAPES-3 indicates a crack in Earth’s magnetic shield
The GRAPES-3 muon telescope, the largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitor recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays that indicated a crack in...
Study confirms that novae, a type of explosive phenomenon in stars, are main source...
Artist concept of a binary system similar to the one that originated the nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2. Credit: David A. Hardy y PPARC.
Large amounts...
