Have you ever struggled to remember somebody’s name at a party or crammed for an exam only to blank during the test? In their 2023 book “Why We Forget and How to Remember Better,” brain scientists Andrew Budson and Elizabeth Kensinger, both Harvard alums, explain how memory works and…
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What Happens To Stars That Don’t Die In An Explosion? » ScienceABC
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Undergoing a Supernova is one of the ways through which a star ends its life, but other ways include forming Black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs.
In our vast universe, stars follow a common path in life: they’re born, shine…
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How Do Colorblind Octopuses See Color? » ScienceABC
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Octopuses and most other cephalopods are colorblind, as they only have one visual pigment. Scientists have suggested two hypotheses for how these animals can camouflage in spite of their colorblindness: they either have eyes in their…
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Why Is It Important To Categorize Discovered Planets? » ScienceABC
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To rule out planets outside our solar system that exhibit conditions unable to sustain life, astronomers categorize them in useful catalogues.
Imagine you’re an astronaut traveling through space on a mission to explore distant planets….
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Why Do We Like Castaway Stories So Much? » ScienceABC
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The castaway experience embodies the essence of human resilience and ingenuity, representing the constant struggle between independence and community.
Marooned on an azure ocean’s whimsy, a man awoke on white sands, the wreckage of his…
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Rubin Observatory testing camera captures first images of night sky — Harvard Gazette
The night sky is now a little clearer.
With the ultimate goal of creating a comprehensive map of the universe, the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time project passed a major milestone in October when its testing camera at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory captured its first images…
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What Makes Humans Scarier Predators Than Tigers Or Lions? » ScienceABC
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Humans are super-predators. We not only kill more than the biggest predators in the animal kingdom, scientists have also found that our presence, even in areas where we visit as tourists, can induce alarm and fear in the wildlife of that…
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Real reason ACL injury rate is higher for women — Harvard Gazette
Amid news coverage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, researchers with Harvard’s GenderSci Lab spotted a familiar narrative concerning rampant ACL tears.
There was an immediate attribution of women athletes’ disproportionately high injury rates to biological sex differences, remembered
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Can people change? — Harvard Gazette
Nothing is certain except death and taxes, the saying goes — but there’s another sure thing to add to that list: change.
“The more we resist change, the more we suffer. There’s a phrase I like. It says, ‘Let go or be dragged,’” said Robert Waldinger, a professor of psychiatry at…
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Why Do Black Holes Appear To Be Burning From The Outside? » ScienceABC
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The accretion disk around a black hole makes it look as if the material is burning because the matter swirls rapidly and radiates a lot of heat.
Picture yourself in a spaceship, looking out the window at a black hole. You’d expect it…
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