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If you've been out after dark recently, you've probably noticed a superbright “star” shining in the southwest. That's actually Venus, often called the “Evening Star” by stargazers, and it has only recently been visible after spending much of 2019 as a pre-sunrise ...

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an intense naturally-occurring psychedelic, traditionally made from vines and leaves of the Amazon rainforest. The drink is commonly prepared as a feature of a shamanic ceremony and connected with uncommon and vivid ...

A NASA scientist has revealed that the agency has no idea about the behavior of at least 20,000 asteroids. These asteroids could suddenly end up on a collision course with Earth due to a cosmic phenomenon known as the Yarkovsky effect. Currently, NASA ...

Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical activity. DMT (or dimethyltryptamine) is one of the main psychoactive constituents in ayahuasca, the psychedelic brew ...

A "shark-proof" wetsuit made from a newly-developed lightweight material could help save lives by reducing blood loss and other injuries caused by shark bites, say researchers writing in Plos One. The probability of being bitten by a shark is incredibly low ...

What's up everyone. I have found some fun facts on Laurie Hernandez, current as of 2019-11-18. I personally have a love-hate relationship with Laurie Hernandez, so was eager to do some deep research into them. Let's get started! First… how popular is ...

Our planet's magnetic field is "singing". The European Space Agency just released a recording of the frequencies generated as a solar storm collided with Earth's magnetic field. It was released alongside new findings published in Geophysical Research ...

While anti-LGBTQ+ people have long argued homosexuality is unnatural, a new study could go some way to disprove that theory. The ancient ancestors of all modern animals, including humans, could have been bisexual and engaged in homosexual acts, ...

FRESHWATER lakes could cause climate change to to worsen dramatically as researchers reveal that greenhouse gasses released from beneath the surface could double as the planet warms. By Sean Martin Sean Martin. 09:35, Tue, Nov 19, 2019 ...

In an unprecedented phenomenon, scientists have discovered that two of Neptune's moons are engaged in a constant "dance of avoidance", ensuring that the two do not bump into each other as they orbit the ice planet. Naiad and Thalassa, two of the tiny ...

Part 2 Welcome to the second part of our Apollo 12 retrospective, where we look at the breaking of cameras and the (almost) breaking of the lunar module pilot. You can read about the eventful launch in Part 1, here. After Apollo 11 missed its intended landing ...

After more than six years sniffing the red planet's thin, frigid air, a NASA rover has made a startling discovery: There's more oxygen gas in the Martian atmosphere than scientists expected, and what's there is behaving strangely. In the Martian spring and ...

A review finds wider problems at Cwm Taf Morgannwg, where the maternity unit is in special measures.

TOPICS:AstronomyAstrophysicsCometEuropean Space AgencyGravitational WavesLISANASANASA Goddard Space Flight Center. By Francis Reddy, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center November 18, 2019. LISA Pathfinder, led by the European Space ...

A mass coral spawning has begun on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, with an early indication of the annual event could be one of the largest in recent years, a local marine biologist, on Sunday (17 November). Buffeted by rising sea temperatures caused by ...

On July 20, 1969, NASA completed the seemingly impossible mission of Apollo 11 to put the first two – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – on the Moon. Armstrong makes history, jumping from the Eagle lunar lander and give legendary “small step” speech to ...

Scientists from the European Space Agency have recorded the 'singing' of Earth's magnetic field and it sounds pretty far out. The 'song' is produced during a solar storm as electrically-charged particles from the Sun's surface smash into the planet.

In learning a new task, a network of neurons in the rat brain becomes more refined and selective. Charting changes in neural activity can help inform the design of better computational models for decision-making comprehension and cognition. When the mice ...

A new test to check whether quantum computers provide the correct answer to the question is beyond the scope of traditional computing can help first quantum computer that can outperform classical computers to be realized. A new test to check whether ...

It's probably some of the earliest astronomy you learn. The sun is the big yellow-white ball in the sky during the day, while the moon is the shape-changing one that glows at night. And that's true....except when it's not. Sometimes, smack in the middle of the ...