Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Spend too long on social media and you might start to hear the term “cortisol face” used to describe someone with supposedly puffy eyes or cheeks.…
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How water vapor is powering the next generation of soft robots
An untethered soft robot crawls along a tree trunk in an unstructured environment. It is powered by four liquid-gas phase transition electric soft actuators that use water as the working…
New Mexico’s Spaceport America looks up and into the future
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Spaceport America is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world — but its executive director has a portfolio of ideas to further grow the launch…
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki probe in May 2016. Credit: J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP A…
Five minutes exposure to junk food marketing results in children consuming 130 kcals more per day, trial finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Exposure to junk food advertisements (relative to non-food) results in children and adolescents consuming significantly more calories during the day, regardless of the type of media…
Trial finds benefits of 16-hour fasting are evident for at least 1 year, regardless of eating window timing
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Three months of time-restricted eating (TRE), irrespective of whether it is earlier or later in the day, may be a promising strategy for sustaining long-term weight…
Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean that travel through Earth’s core could enhance understanding of our solar system,…
Objective pain score? Here’s the problem with that
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Are you in pain? Are you sure? On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the worst…
