Scientists Found a Way to Communicate With People Who Are Asleep And Dreaming
Scientists have identified a new phenomenon they describe as “interactive dreaming”, where people experiencing deep sleep and lucid dreams are able to follow instructions, answer simple…
Earth’s Magnetic Field Flipped 42,000 Years Ago. The Consequences Were Dramatic
A global period of upheaval 42,000 years ago was the result of a reversal in Earth’s magnetic field, new research has found. According to radiocarbon…
Continental Drift: A Revolutionary Theory That Was Once Considered Pseudoscience
Scientific opinion shifts in the same way continents do — very, very slowly. Sometimes the change is so long coming that the author of a…
Look! Perseverance’s Very First Images From Mars, Sent Seconds After Landing
NASA’s Perseverance rover just landed on the Martian surface, and it has already sent home its first two images. The rover landed on the Red…
Pfizer Vaccine Has Weaker Response Against South African COVID Variant, Study Hints
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine produces a weakened immune response against the contagious variant found in South Africa, which has now also been identified in the US, a…
COVID-19 is shortening US life expectancy—especially for people of color
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Everything you need to know to start a fire
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Apple Offers Its Closest Look Yet at iOS and MacOS Security
Apple is a notoriously secretive and insular organization, a tendency that has often put it at odds with the security research community. The company is…
NASA Lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars
In the Mission Support Area at Lockheed Martin’s campus in Littleton, Colorado, masked people sat close to computers, flying three spacecraft in orbit around Mars….
LIVE UPDATES: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Landing on Mars Today
After a decade of preparation and a nearly seven-month journey since its spectacular launch, NASA’s Perseverance rover is due to land on Mars today, February 18. This…