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Missing Metallic Asteroids Could Be Camouflaged As Normal Space Rocks

A special handful of asteroids that spacecraft have never visited seem to be massive hunks of metal, the nuggets of would-be planets that have lost their rocky outer layers. But scientists can't find as many of these metal-rich asteroids as they suspect ought to ...

NASA Space Center Prepares for Hurricane Dorian as Satellites Track Storm

NASA's Kennedy Space Center is preparing to weather the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, which could hit Florida early next week. Those preparations include preparing to protect the massive Mobile Launcher that is currently on a launch pad undergoing testing ...

Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers

The famed quantum physicist Max Planck had an idiosyncratic view about what spurred scientific progress: death. That is, Planck thought, new concepts generally take hold after older scientists with entrenched ideas vanish from the discipline. "A great ...

Burgundy wine grapes tell climate story, show warming accelerated in past 30 years

A newly published series of dates of grape harvest covering the past 664 years is the latest line of evidence confirming how unusual the climate of the past 30 years has been. The record shows wine grapes in Burgundy, eastern France, have been picked 13 ...

Intrinsic night vision could be on the horizon for humans

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News-Medical.net

Scientists have used nanoparticles to develop the ability to see near-infrared light in mice. The study could have important implications for security, health, and a never-before-seen enhancement to human vision. Night vision - ability to see man walking in the ...

Parenting stress may affect mother's and child's ability to tune in to each other

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Date: August 29, 2019; Source: Nanyang Technological University; Summary: A study has revealed the effects of the stress of parenting in the brains of both mothers and their children. The researchers analyzed the brain activity of 31 pairs of mother and child ...