January 4th is the birthday of the scientist Sir Isaac Newton, widely known for developing the laws of gravity and planter relations. Newton first began to think about these concepts when he witnessed an apple falling from a tree – though the apple did not hit him on the head as many believe. #ThursdayThoughts #NationalTriviaDay
We had a visitor from outside the solar system, check out this video about the interstellar asteroid
An asteroid from another star system visited us!
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Saturn as seen from the Cassini probe
A view of Saturn from the Cassini probe
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A new report claims the market for humanoid robots will expand tenfold by 2023. Current estimates put its value at $320.3 million, but it’s projected to reach $3.9 billion within the next six years. Read more here.
A new study from Northwestern University suggests a little stress can actually have a positive effect on cellular health.
As humans grow older, their cellular machinery responsible for carrying out quality control on the protein-folding process begins to fail. The damaged proteins that are produced as a result are responsible for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Read more here.
What is the point of space exploration?
To reduce the emissions fueling climate change and develop more efficient ways of generating energy, while focusing on the bottom line, governments and private institutions all over the world have been turning to renewable energy. And while solar and wind energy advance and become more widely accepted, scientists continue to explore the possibility of stabilizing nuclear fusion as a truly renewable energy source that far outperforms current options.
But what if there’s an even better source of energy that’s also potentially less volatile than nuclear fusion? This possibility is what researchers from Tel Aviv University and the University of Chicago proposed in a new study published in the journal Nature.
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