Believing is Seeing: Discovering the Link Between What We Expect to See and What Our Brain Tells Us

Medicine & Technology Jan 23, 2021

Scientists have discovered the link between what we're usually expecting to see and what our brain tells us we actually saw.

Blue Origin Announces It’s Getting ‘Really Close’ to Flying Humans

Jan 23, 2021

Blue Origin, the space travel company of Amazon chief Jeff Bezos announced recently, it's "getting really close" to flying humans after it successfully completed its 14th mission into space on January 14.

New Data Shows UK Variant May Be 30% More Fatal

Jan 23, 2021

Preliminary evidence recently showed the new COVID-19 strain in the United Kingdom may be 30 percent more fatal compared to the original virus that has been affecting millions of people globally.

Scientists Explain the Neurobiology of Thirst

Jan 22, 2021

Tokyo Institute of Technology or Tokyo Tech scientists recently provided a deeper understanding of neural thirst control.

Study Explains the Reason for Two White Dwarfs’ Collision

Jan 22, 2021

White dwarfs, not our typical kind of star, use an effect identified as "quantum degeneracy." The Quantum nature of electrons means that no two electrons can have a similar quantum state.

Water Ice Mapped Across Northern Part of Ganymede, the Largest Moon in the Solar System

Jan 22, 2021

Ganydene, the largest moon in the solar system, is the only one that has its own magnetic field, and the most differentiated of all of its kind, and it possibly possess "a subsurface ocean of liquid water."

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Set to Land on Mars in Less Than a Month

Jan 21, 2021

The Perseverance rover, the core of the $2.7-billion Mars 2020 mission of NASA, is slated to land on February 18, kicking off a new Red Planet exploration era.

Mask Said To Deactivate Different Coronavirus Types in 2 Hours

Jan 21, 2021

Spanish firm Bioinicia recently announced it developed a special mask with a filtration efficacy that can deactivate various coronavirus types in two hours.

Are You a Frequent Eater of Potato Chips? Here Are 5 of the Health Conditions You Should Watch Out For

Jan 21, 2021

Different health conditions can result from eating too many potato chips. 5 of them include cancer, high blood pressure, depression, weight gain, and stroke.

What’s Causing the Tilt on Saturn’s Rotation Axis?

Jan 21, 2021

A recently published research predicted that the tilt of Saturn's rotation axis would rise further over "the next few billion years."

SpaceX Launches 17th Batch of Starlink Satellites, First for 2021

Jan 21, 2021

SpaceX presented the company's first 2021 mission as it successfully blasted off after it lifted its 17th batch of Starlink satellites into lower-Earth orbit" via Falcon 9 rocket, making a record-breaking landing.

Scientists Develop Pioneering Biomarker To Predict Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Jan 20, 2021

A world-pioneering biomarker test has recently been developed by Australian scientists that can predict depression and bipolar disorder.

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Likely To Work Against New COVID-19 Strain In UK

Jan 20, 2021

A new study presented that Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines are likely to be effective against the highly-communicable mutant strain of COVID-19 discovered in the UK.

NASA Astronauts To Install High-Speed Satellite Link for Enhanced Transmission of Data Between Land and the Station

Jan 20, 2021

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are currently planning a spacewalk to install a high-speed satellite link that will help enhance their connections with Europe.

Chemist Explains How Oil is Turned into Plastic

Jan 20, 2021

Oil and natural gas-derived plastics relatively cause the simplest environmental damage as plastics are inclined to persist in the environment for a longer period while resulting in other environmental effects.