Astronomy
Why it's vital we fight prejudices about the elderly once and for all
Ageism is a widespread global prejudice. It's about time we started acknowledging our unconscious bias towards old age – not least because our own future health depends on it
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Why it's vital we fight prejudices about the elderly once and for all
Ageism is a widespread global prejudice. It's about time we started acknowledging our unconscious bias towards old age – not least because our own future health depends on it
Categories: Astronomy
Wow! Satellite views International Space Station from only 43 miles away (photo)
The International Space Station was caught on camera in an incredible new photo from HEO Robotics, which images satellites using space-based sensors.
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Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
A newly discovered giant planet is the density of a vast cloud of cotton candy. The sweet discovery of WASP-193 b marks the entry of the second-lightest exoplanet ever seen into the exoplanet catalog.
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Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were
Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be
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OpenAI overtakes Google in race to build the future, but who wants it?
With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues
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OpenAI overtakes Google in race to build the future, but who wants it?
With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues
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Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs
Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one
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Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs
Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one
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Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C
A solar energy absorber that uses quartz to trap heat reached 1050°C in tests and could offer a way to decarbonise the production of steel and cement
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Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C
A solar energy absorber that uses quartz to trap heat reached 1050°C in tests and could offer a way to decarbonise the production of steel and cement
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Buildings that include weak points on purpose withstand more damage
If a building is hit with an earthquake or explosives, the entire thing can collapse – but a design balancing strong and weak structural connections lets part of it fall while preserving the rest
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Buildings that include weak points on purpose withstand more damage
If a building is hit with an earthquake or explosives, the entire thing can collapse – but a design balancing strong and weak structural connections lets part of it fall while preserving the rest
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How overcoming negative attitudes to ageing can make you live longer
Ageism is pervasive, accepted and invisible. Stamping out this prejudice won’t just benefit society, it will also have huge payoffs for those people who hold it
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How overcoming negative attitudes to ageing can make you live longer
Ageism is pervasive, accepted and invisible. Stamping out this prejudice won’t just benefit society, it will also have huge payoffs for those people who hold it
Categories: Astronomy
Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic novel series
A preview of NASA's latest issue of "Astrobiology," their fun ongoing graphic novel series
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Planet Candidate Could Be Incandescent with Lava Flows
A new planet candidate discovered in data from NASA's TESS mission could be an extreme lavaworld, pushed and pulled by the gravity of its own star and two other close-in planets.
The post Planet Candidate Could Be Incandescent with Lava Flows appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 light-years
Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way's outer halo is filled with "magnetic donuts" that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.
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Good Night, Moon
An illuminated waning gibbous moon contrasts the deep black of space as the International Space Station soared 270 miles over the Southern Ocean.
Earth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting a red dwarf star, making just the second planetary system seen around one of these tiny, cool, dim, but common, stars.
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