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3 days ago · Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago,...
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Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars.
RealClearScience - Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls
Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago,...
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Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Not for nothing are dogs called man’s best friend: they are good for their owners’ mental and physical health, and some studies...
Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Re-thinking the Amyloid Hypothesis
3 days ago · F or decades, scientists have been trying to develop therapeutics for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by cognitive decline. Given the global rise in cases, the stakes are high.A study published in The Lancet Public Health reports that the number of adults living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, to 153 ...
The Biggest Junk Science of 2024 - RealClearScience
Dec 17, 2024 · 3. People think that drinking raw milk will make them immune to H5N1. H5N1 bird flu is absolutely devastating birds and other wildlife across the globe. Now, it widely infects dairy cows and poultry in the U.S, resulting in sixty confirmed human cases in 2024.
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5 days ago · Five years on from the first news of COVID, recent reports of an obscure respiratory virus in China may understandably raise concerns. Chinese authorities first issued warnings about human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in 2023, but media reports indicate cases may be increasing again during China’s winter season.
Making Nuclear Space Propulsion a Reality - RealClearScience
Oct 5, 2024 · NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip.. This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal ...
The Universe Is Smoother Than Theory Suggests
Sep 27, 2024 · Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we could explain, that cosmologists are increasingly struggling to make sense of.
Our Findings Question the Notion That the Universe Is Fine-Tuned …
Nov 21, 2024 · Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life. The values of the many forces and particles, represented by some 30 so-called fundamental constants, all seem to line up perfectly to enable it.