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- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2019
Astronomers are closer to uncovering the distant space rock’s origin story
Astronomers are closer to uncovering the distant space rock’s origin story
One of the thorniest debates in neuroscience is whether people can make new neurons after their brains stop developing in adolescence—a process known as neurogenesis. Now, a new study finds that even people long past middle age can make fresh brain cells, and that past studies that failed to spot these newcomers may have used flawed methods.
A shock discovery is in from Bennu. The NASA spacecraft analysing the asteroid has observed it shooting out plumes of dust that surround it in a dusty haze – a phenomenon we’ve never seen in an asteroid before.
The fossils from the Cambrian Period include dozens of new species and provide a window into life more than 500 million years ago
A meteor that snuck by the world’s telescopes and exploded over the Bering Sea was caught on camera after all.
A twist on the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment could undermine quantum physics – or provide a path to a deeper understanding of how the world works
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, pictured top, and Anne McClain spent more than six and a half hours outside the International Space Station on March 22, 2019.
Scientists who study the solar system tend to ask big questions: How was our solar system formed? Where did the building blocks of life come from? What hazards from above threaten life on our planet? To find answers, they’re looking more and more at small worlds.
Scientists develop a robust experiment that shows human brain waves respond to changes in Earth-strength magnetic fields.
A new research program on free will teams up neuroscientists and philosophers
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