Nightmares can be eased by hearing sounds linked to good experiences
Listening to a specific piano sound while practicing a type of therapy that can ease nightmares reduced people’s bad dreams when the same sound was played as they slept Mind…
The extraordinary JWST is named for James Webb, whose legacy I deplore
James Webb’s legacy was to stand for a status quo where queer Black people like me could never have a home in the NASA community. Naming the incredible new telescope…
Countries’ carbon emission plans still fall far short of 1.5°C goal
National plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to avert catastrophic climate change, the UN Environment Programme warns Environment 27 October 2022 By…
Why Mars has captured our hopes and fears for millennia
From being the celestial embodiment of warrior gods to housing canal-digging aliens, Mars has uniquely endured in the public consciousness. Even today, the Red Planet still spells adventure, says Stuart…
Earthly Microbes Might Survive on Mars for Hundreds of Millions of Years
One of Earth’s toughest microbes could survive on Mars, lying dormant beneath the surface, for 280 million years, new research has shown. The findings increase the probability that microbial life could…
Ball-Rolling Bumble Bees Just Wanna Have Fun
Ball-rolling bumblebees have become the first known insects to “play,” researchers say. The scientists recorded these tiny fliers manipulating wooden balls again and again in a series of new experiments.…
Citizens’ Assemblies Are Upgrading Democracy: Fair Algorithms Are Part of the Program
In 1983 the Eighth Amendment to the Irish constitution enshrined an abortion ban that had prevailed in the nation for more than a century. Public opinion on the issue shifted…
Space Station Experiment Maps Earth’s Methane ‘Super Emitters’
A powerful eye in the sky is helping scientists spy “super-emitters” of methane, a greenhouse gas about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. That observer is NASA’s Earth Surface…
Meteorite impacts show Mars’s crust is denser than we thought
Shock waves from two meteorites hitting Mars moved faster than expected, hinting they came through dense material, perhaps because of the presence of a water table Space 27 October 2022…
Brown centipede uses a weird body motion to swim, not its many legs
Some centipedes swim by undulating their whole bodies from tail to head, the opposite direction that snakes and eels use, which helps cut down the drag created by their many…