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The Hubble space telescope has discovered a planet in our galaxy in the process of being devoured by the star that it orbits, according to a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.The doomed planet, dubbed WASP-12b, has the highest known surface ...
Lake Tanganyika, the second oldest and second deepest lake in the world, is now at its warmest in 1,500 years, threatening the fishing industry on which millions of lives depend, scientists said on Sunday.The evidence comes from cores drilled into sedimentary layers ...
Astronomers on Wednesday said they may have explained the riddle of a dimming star that has perplexed skygazers for nearly two centuries.Located 2,000 light years from Earth in the northern constellation Auriga where it is one of the brightest stars, Epsilon Aurigae ...
Like More Brain Memory Today? If you have a baby-easy strategy to deeply relax that requires 1-2 minutes maximum, you can improve your long-term memory up to 40%. That's a lot and we know three ways. So what? Relaxation releases chronic stress ...
The Danube River is known for its beauty and has been immortalized in song. Now researchers have employed the water body as a testing ground for quantum teleportation. Scientists report today in the journal Nature that they have successfully teleported photons more ...
Scientists have sequenced the genome of an ancient human for the first time. An international team extracted DNA from 4,000-year-old hair found in Greenland's permafrost. They were able to sequence an impressive 79 percent of the genetic material and shared a thing ...
Some people may be genetically programmed to age at a faster rate, according to new research. The research was published this week in the journal Nature Genetics. These people have higher levels of so-called good cholesterol or high-density lipoprotein (HDL), as well ...
Humanity's search for the secrets to immortality has inspired Ray Kurzweil's Singularity vision and DARPA's hunt for ageless synthetic beings. The discovery could not only encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles earlier, but may eventually help people live longer if scientists can ...
For the first time ever, scientists have induced skin cells to transform directly into neurons. Previously, for mature cells to change type, scientists had to first transform the skin cells back into stem cells, and then grow the stem cells into a ...
Think Silly Putty, and you'll probably have a very good idea what the brains at Japan's Tokyo University have created. The new material, called "elastic water," retains its Flubber-like consistency by mixing a few grams of clay and organic matter to H20, ...
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