This gallery contains 74 images of different star systems with cometary belts (known as “exocomets”) taken with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) radio telescope facilities.…
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Decluttering can be stressful − a clinical psychologist explains how personal values can make it easier
I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my grandparents passed away. One box was labeled – either ironically or genuinely – “toothpick holders and other treasures.”…
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May 2024…
Rural Americans don’t live as long as those in cities − new research
Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural…
Lyft Bringing Robotaxis to Dallas ‘as Soon as 2026’
In an apparent attempt to keep pace with its rival Uber, ride-hailing service Lyft plans to launch a fleet of robotaxis in Dallas “as soon as 2026.” According to a…
Brain-inspired neural networks reveal insights into biological basis of relational learning
Diagram of plastic neural network. These networks are similar to traditional neural networks, but include plastic connections (in red) which can change as a result of a plasticity signal (red…
Google changes name of Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ for US users
Google says people using Maps outside the United States will see both the original Gulf of Mexico name and the ‘Gulf of America’ moniker. Google on Monday changed the name…
Mental health is key contributor
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around one in five UK medical students consider dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine,…
Rare bronze beverage filter discovered in Hadrianopolis
Archaeologists excavating in Hadrianopolis, located in Turkey’s Karabük province, have discovered a 5th century AD bronze object believed to have been used as a beverage filter. Hadrianopolis is an ancient…
Unraveling their quantum entanglement and dynamics
Adjacent 𝜋 -stacked molecular columns (represented by their carbon-carbon bonds) in the lattice of orthorhombic rubrene, in 𝑏 -axis (left) and 𝑐 -axis (right) projections, with the 𝑎 , 𝑏…
