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Why trains don’t fall off the track when turning

Posted on April 12, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 5k views

Trains have been the fundamental backbone of transportation and shipping for a few hundred years. Despite the ubiquity of trains, the…

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    Chimps can tell when you believe something false

    Posted on April 12, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra 165 views

    Our understanding of animal cognition has grown dramatically since the days of Jane Goodall in the 1960s. Great apes, a family of primates…

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      The Deafening Sound of Neutron Stars Crashing Together

      Posted on April 5, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 408 views

      Large stars and planets in space have intense gravity. The gravity of these large celestial bodies is so strong, that they actually warp the…

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        Betting on finding aliens

        Posted on April 4, 2017October 24, 2022 by Jacob Haqq Misra 231 views

        If intelligent aliens exist somewhere in the depths of space, then should we see signs of their technology? This question has motivated…

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          Planet Friendships in Solar Systems Beyond Our Own

          Posted on March 27, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 181 views

          Our understanding of astrophysics states that we should be seeing co-orbiting planets when astronomers look through their telescopes.…

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            Viruses may help us in the fight against cancer

            Posted on March 27, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra 220 views

            Cancer is one of the greatest challenges of our time. A common misconception about cancer is that it is one disease. There are hundreds of…

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              Physicist claims that life’s common trait is information

              Posted on March 20, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 576 views

              You are on one of those trips where the travel is so tedious that even your cell phone looks boring. Not being able to sleep, you look out…

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                Flashlight Fish and their Glow-In-The-Dark Friends

                Posted on March 20, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra 596 views

                Animals are unable to tell us why they do the things they do, and curious scientists often want to find out. They set up experiments to see…

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                  Bacteria-Powered Battery Helps Remove Lake Pollution

                  Posted on March 7, 2017October 24, 2022 by Gina Misra 361 views

                  Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…

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                    Water found outside of the solar system

                    Posted on March 6, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 98 views

                    51 Pegasi b is a roughly jupiter-sized planet around a star pretty similar to our sun. This planet has been part of astronomy conversations…

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