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According to a recent study from the University of California, Berkeley, poor sleep affects people’s feelings of gratitude. “A plethora of research highlights the importance of getting a good night’s sleep for physical and psychological well-being, yet in our society,…
The Bulletin’s Science and Security Board, consisting of Atomic Scientists, announces its 2013 decision to keep in place the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock: It will remain at five minutes to midnight. In this open letter to US President…
Harvard researchers followed about 100,000 women for nearly 20 years and found those who ate several servings of blueberries and strawberries every week lowered their chances of a heart attack by 32 percent. Eating blueberries and strawberries more than three…
The Planet Hunters project has turned out to be very effective for finding new planets. Planet Hunters is a symbiotic project, pairing the discovery power of the people with follow-up by a team of astronomers,” said Debra Fischer, a professor…
A group has managed to get more than 34,000 signatures for the petition “Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016” to get a White House response. On Friday, Paul Shawcross, the White House’s chief…
Mars colonists sought for the first batch of Mars settlers in 2023! A Dutch company, Mars One, is planning to establish a human settlement on the red planet starting in the year 2023. The first four colonist are expected to…
A new study, published online January 8 in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, that the common STD has become resistant to treatment in the U.S. Chlamydia and gonorrhea, which usually are treated easily with a dose of…
A massive star explosion, which was first detected by scientists’ back in 2004, and was dubbed the candidate supernova Mingus, has now been confirmed with its identity as a Type 1a supernova — a “dead” white dwarf star that erupts…
461 new planets to be exact. The NASA Kepler mission on Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the new planets may have liquid water on the surface as they orbit in their sun’s “habitable zone.”…
The New Year’s Eve sun eruption was so huge that it could swallow 20 Earths, NASA reports. The giant solar eruption was captured on camera by NASA’s powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory. A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun…