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Police watch your social media posts. Invasion of privacy or fair game?
Since MySpace was launched in 2003, police have monitored social media searching for suspects and trying to predict crime trends.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


'Eggshell Planets' -- Earth-like exoplanets orbiting distant stars
Planets known as eggshell planets, which orbit distant stars, have ultra-thin crusts too thin to sustain tectonics and are hostile to life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


New space telescope to peer back at the universe's first galaxies
Among other goals, James Webb will search the atmospheres of alien planets for what scientists call "biosignatures" -- the presence of life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


How does homeschooling affect adolescents' character, health and well-being?
Compared to peers at public schools, adolescents who are homeschooled are more likely to report greater character strengths.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021


Researchers turn on and off genes using CRISPR
Type 1 diabetes and cancer are just some of the disorders associated with specific genes not “turning on” and “turning off" as they should.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Professor makes breakthrough achievement in quantum computing
Sutherland and his team set the world record for the most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


People with disabilities have been locked out of spaceflight, but that is changing
As the airplane tilted steeply upward, Mona Minkara, who is legally blind, experienced gravity like never before. It's a bizarre feeling.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Major endorsement for new space mission to find 'Earth 2.0'
A major new space telescope searching for 'Earth 2.0'—to Succeed Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope —is one step closer to reality.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 10, 2021


Scientists detect a 'tsunami' of gravitational waves
A team of international scientists have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


Hunting for alien planets with a new solar telescope
Thousands of alien worlds are known to orbit stars beyond our solar system. And many more worlds, possibly harboring life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


Can’t Sleep? It’s as simple as 4-7-8 and it really works
We as human being seems to be obsessed with two things. One, losing weight. And two, not getting enough sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021


An Earth or Mars size planet may be lurking out beyond Neptune
A team of space scientists suggest that there may be an Earth- or Mars-sized planet orbiting beyond Neptune.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2021


To find life on other planets, NASA rocket team looks to the stars
A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets in the hunt for life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2021


Are women more or less competitive than men? New study has the answer
Researchers found that women enter competitions at the same rate as men—when they have the option to share their winnings with the losers.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2021


Creating an artificial material that can sense, adapt to its environment
Researchers have developed an artificial material which can respond to its environment and make decisions not directed by a human being.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2021


Researchers identify biological signs of human attraction
When two people are attracted to one another, their heart rates tend to synchronize and their palms sweat together.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2021


Rocky planets orbiting nearby stars contain rocks not found anywhere in our Solar System
Studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs that have been “polluted” by such debris, researchers have identified exotic rock types.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2021


A small telescope past Saturn could solve mysteries of the universe
Dozens of space-based telescopes operate near Earth and provide incredible images of the universe. Imagine a telescope in the outer system.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2021


Supporting life beyond Earth could be possible thanks to graphene innovation
Advanced manufacturing experts from Manchester have revealed what human life in space could look like—with a graphene-enhanced space habitat
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2021


How mobile phones help internally displaced people in Nigeria
Study found that mobile phones provided four key opportunities: income generation, social support, education and political participation.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 6, 2021
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