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网页Webb Telescope Data Point To Six ‘Rogue Worlds’. Rogue worlds float around in the cosmos, untethered to a specific star. They could help scientists understand the formation of the Milky Way. Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. It's brain fun for curious people.
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网页September 6, 2024. An unknown ant was spotted in Manhattan in 2011, and it quickly spread through New York City. We now know what it is. And, 2.5 billion-year-old mantle rocks found at spreading ocean ridges could put bounds on models of how the planet formed. Plus, shark fishing is alive and well, but the fishermen who do it are increasingly ...
Why You Don’t Want to Get Stung by a Tarantula Hawk
网页2016年6月24日 · The following is an excerpt from The Sting of the Wild by Justin O. Schmidt.. Stung by a tarantula hawk? The advice I give in speaking engagements is to lie down and scream. The pain is so debilitating and excruciating that the victim is at risk of further injury by tripping in a hole or over an object in the path and then falling onto a cactus or into a barbed-wire fence.
Why Do We Remember Faces but Not Names? - Science Friday
网页2013年6月10日 · Don’t feel bad. When it comes to linking faces and names, the deck is stacked against us from evolutionary, neuroanatomical, and practical perspectives. For starters, our brains are far better equipped at storing visual data, such as a face, than a briefly heard name. “We are visual creatures,” says E. Clea Warburton, a cognitive ...
How Five Elements Define Life On Earth - Science Friday
网页2023年11月3日 · Credit: Shutterstock with added elements. Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with minor variations, in every other living thing on Earth. In his new book, Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and …
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网页August 2, 2024. Cancer treatment and prevention has come a long way in the past few decades. Plus, a University of Hawaiʻi study will be the largest of its kind to investigate the health and social impacts of the Maui wildfires. And, researchers found that polymetallic nodules 13,000 feet deep may produce “dark oxygen” by electrolyzing water.
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网页Latina Space Scientists Want To Stop Being The Exception. Three leaders in space science from Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Argentina on battling sexism and innovating in their fields. Read More. Article.
From ‘Nettles’ to ‘Volcano,’ a Pain Scale for Insect Stings
网页2016年6月24日 · Schmidt ranks each insect sting on a scale of one to four, with four being the most painful. He also describes each sting with evocative, even poetic, language. The Sweat Bee, for example, which ranks as a one on the pain scale, feels “Light and ephemeral. Almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.”.
The Awesome Energy Of The Sun - Science Friday
网页2022年10月27日 · Download a poster based on this video.. The Sun’s Electromagnetic Radiation . The heat, light, and radiation that come from the sun are all examples of electromagnetic radiation.Unlike forms of energy that need to move through matter (like sound), electromagnetic radiation can travel through the vacuum of space, without other atoms, molecules, or other particles to carry it.
The Seamstress And The Secrets Of The Argonaut Shell - Science …
网页2018年6月20日 · Credit: Julian Finn, Museums Victoria. The ancient Greeks were masters of creating legends of the sea. In the epic quest, Jason and the Argonauts, a band of heroes aboard the Argo sailed the seas searching for the Golden Fleece that would grant Jason the authority of kingship. But these intrepid sailors aren’t the only nautical argonauts of ...
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