“Consciousness,” although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one’s surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track your internal bodily states via interactions…
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THIS planet has a name that invites chuckle. But its initial name stirred controversy
Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, is often mocked for its name. However, did you know that this was the first name it got? In fact, its initial name was deemed even more controversial. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by the…
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NASA's Next Flagship Space Telescope Survives the Sounds and Shakes of a Simulated Launch – autoevolution
- NASA’s Next Flagship Space Telescope Survives the Sounds and Shakes of a Simulated Launch autoevolution
- NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Provide the Largest Ever Asteroseismic Dataset—A Game Changer for Astronomy The Daily Galaxy
- NASA’s next-gen…
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Warming Climate Worsens Plastic Pollution, Experts Warn
A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment.
Climate change conditions turn plastics into more…
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In conversation with Yong Cui
What drives a materials scientist to push the boundaries of what’s possible? We sat down with Yong Cui, one of our Materials Horizons editors, to explore not just the cutting-edge developments shaping the field, but the passion and…
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Did this star with an unnatural spin munch down on its own planet?
Scientists have found why Kepler-56, a red giant star, has a weird spin, and according to a new study, this is because it likely gobbled up one of the planets orbiting it. Takato Tokuno, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy at the…
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How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more dangerous
The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent,…
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U.S.-Russian crew of 3 blasts off to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz rocket – The Washington Post
- U.S.-Russian crew of 3 blasts off to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz rocket The Washington Post
- NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition NASA (.gov)
- Soyuz spacecraft blasts off for International Space…
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NASA Confirms a Big Win for the Planet: 2025 Ozone Hole Among the Smallest in Decades
The ozone hole over Antarctica in 2025 is officially the fifth smallest since 1992, a milestone NASA and NOAA scientists say reflects decades of global commitment to environmental protection.
Thanks to the Montreal Protocol and its…
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China moves closer to build ‘Guanghan Palace’ on moon with 100-gram bricks
China moves closer to build ‘Guanghan Palace’ on moon with 100-gram bricks China has moved one step closer to fulfilling its ambitious dream of building a palace on the Moon.
Specially engineered 100-gram bricks that…
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