[ad_1] When the 2020 pandemic sent everyone home to “shelter in place,” kids began online school and adults telecommuted using videoconferencing. Suddenly, people saw a constant reflection of themselves mirrored on the screen. There we were, side-by-side in little boxes next to our colleagues as we pretended to listen to a department meeting or a…
[ad_1] A partial solar eclipse is happening tomorrow morning (March 29), offering skywatchers a chance to see the moon partially cover the sun. Globally, the eclipse begins at 4:50 a.m. EDT (0850 GMT), reaching maximum coverage at 6:47 a.m. EDT (1047 GMT). Exact visibility and timing depend on your location. If you’re unable to watch…
[ad_1] It doesn’t matter what age you are or how tough your exercise plan is – whatever physical activity you are doing is probably helping your brain, according to the largest and most comprehensive ‘umbrella’ review to date. In the massive data crunch, children and adolescents experienced the greatest benefits from exercise in memory, while…
[ad_1] Making America Ableist Again By going after Social Security, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education, Donald Trump is signaling his belief that having “good genes” means not having a disability By Megha Satyanarayana A girl holds a sign supporting disability awareness at a 2019 parade in New York City. Recent actions…
[ad_1] Boeing’s Starliner capsule will remain ground-bound for a while longer yet. Last June, Starliner launched on its first-ever crewed flight, which sent NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) for a roughly weeklong stay. That timeline soon changed, however, because Starliner suffered a few issues on its way…
[ad_1] Smartphones can be a distraction from other tasks Pheelings media/Shutterstock Do you find yourself distracted at work, turning to your smartphone for a bit of mindless scrolling? One solution is to put your phone out of reach – but unfortunately, it seems this may not work. “People turn their phone upside down, hide it…
[ad_1] A newly discovered species of feathered, bipedal dinosaur with “exceptionally preserved and atypical hands” had just two fingers, each one tipped with a gigantic, claw-like talon. A remarkable fossil specimen found in southeastern Mongolia gave researchers a clear idea of what the claws would have looked like in real life, with their keratin sheath…
[ad_1] What do King Charles and Gwyneth Paltrow have in common? Give up? They’ve both at one point or another caused coffee colonic-related controversies. In a 2004 speech to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on complementary therapies and cancer care, the then Prince of Wales’s comments on Gerson therapy – a health programme,…
[ad_1] For Ed Belbruno the universe around us is more than eye-catching. It’s a medium for infinite fine art, an inspiration for artistic renderings that can break boundaries and be used for spacecraft missions to the moon and beyond. Belbruno is a visiting research collaborator in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. Showings…
[ad_1] What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It’s not cheap, and it’s not easy. It’s because we live inside a big, natural puzzle, and we want to understand it. That’s one reason. But the main reason for space exploration is to search for life beyond…