Why This Great Mathematician Wanted a Heptadecagon on His Tombstone
by If you had to pick a few words or symbols to sum up your legacy, what would you choose? Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) left …
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The bubbling surface of a distant star has been captured on video for the first time ever
Astronomers have obtained the first detailed images of turbulent activity in a star other than our own Sun. A time-lapse video released Wednesday (Sept. 11) …
Your eyes may shed light on underlying health problems: ScienceAlert
Melissa, a 30-year-old teacher, came to the emergency room with a sudden onset of double vision. She had not had an accident or trauma and …
Bubbles 75x bigger than our sun are boiling on the surface of this distant star : ScienceAlert
Astronomers have just imaged changes on the surface of a star 180 light-years away that are caused by the constant circulation of heat inside the …
These tiny, overlooked bones could tell us why our knees hurt: ScienceAlert
The groan of pain as we get up from the couch or the sound of cracking cartilage as we climb the stairs are all too …
Cannabis use is increasing in the US – except in one key group: ScienceAlert
As attitudes toward cannabis use change in the US and new legislation is introduced, more people are using the drug regularly. Recent estimates based on …
One dose of a smallpox vaccine still provides good protection against smallpox
There is little good quality research into the effectiveness of smallpox vaccines against smallpox Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images It appears that getting a single …
Neanderthal lineage was isolated for surprisingly long: ScienceAlert
Compared to the social nature of modern humans, Neanderthal communities appear to have been surprisingly isolated. Previous research has shown that they were more often …
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is spinning incredibly fast and at the wrong angle. Scientists may finally know why.
Astronomers study the supermassive Milky Way black hole have found “compelling evidence” that may finally explain his mysterious past. Sagittarius A* is located 26,000 light-years …
NASA’s Voyager 1 probe swaps thrusters in tricky situation during flight through interstellar space
The distant and cold Voyager 1 spacecraft performed a clever trick to get the receiver home quickly. Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object now …