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How to get to Mars without going mad - Research highlights the psychological dangers of long-haul space flights.

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New research suggests that the suppression of sexual thoughts among religious people only begets a greater preoccupation with sexual thoughts and fantasies.

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How is laze formed by lava mixing with sea water?

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Do internet cables behave the same way as power cables, as in, are there are different "internet" capacities for different internet cables?

301 points 81 comments

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Religious individuals are, on average, less humble about their intellectual prowess than non-religious individuals, and it is right-wing authoritarianism that accounts for most of the correlation between religiosity and lack of intellectual humility, study shows.

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Meteor from Mars Shows Planetary Genesis, 4 Billion Years Ago

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AskScience AMA Series: Hi, I'm Dr. Christina Nicolaidis and I'm editor of a brand new peer-reviewed journal called Autism in Adulthood. Ask me anything about the new journal or the ways that people on the autism spectrum can get better health care!

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Magic mushroom treatment improves emotional face recognition in depressed patients. Patients who received the treatment were better able to categorize faces expressing happiness, neutrality, sadness, anger, disgust, or fear.

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Colorblindness comes from a defect in the cones to perceive colors, is there a version where the cones work, and the rods are deficient?

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Abortions don’t lead to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts - Suicidal ideation was similarly low for women who had abortions and for those denied abortions. Policies requiring that women be warned that they are at increased risk of becoming suicidal if they choose abortion are not evidence based

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Scientists have discovered three vast canyons in one of the last places to be explored on Earth - under the ice at the South Pole. The deep troughs run for hundreds of kilometres, cutting through tall mountains - none of which are visible at the snowy surface of the continent.

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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs also baked Earth for 100,000 years. By analyzing tiny fish bones and teeth, researchers determined global CO2 levels reached 2,300 ppm following the impact. For comparison, CO2 levels recently climbed above 410 ppm for the first time in millions of years.

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Many people think of lactate as the cause of muscle fatigue, reduced performance, and pain. It isnt, it’s often the preferred source of energy in the body: The brain and heart both run more efficiently, strongly when fueled by lactate rather than by glucose

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The US military released a study on time travel and warp drives — here’s what a theoretical physicist thinks of it: there's "zero chance that anyone within our lifetimes or the next 1,000 years" will see it happen.

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Tick Wrapped in Spider Silk Found Trapped in Amber, €”A First. The unlucky creature is now a boon to scientists studying the evolution of arachnid behavior.

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When wiping something down with alcohol, what is that filmy residue that's left behind?

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SpaceX propulsion guru Tom Mueller looks ahead to Raptor rocket engines for Mars

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Men take shortcuts, while women follow well-known routes, finds a new study that suggests that men and women tend to adopt different navigation strategies and men navigate more efficiently than women.

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A new study shows that the ability to distinguish truth from lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – putting them at greater risk of being manipulated.

52 points 12 comments

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Hiring data at SpaceX indicates they're finally building Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) and Starlink

21 points 7 comments

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An international study of school shootings: Common elements among shooters and schools.

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How does exercise improve your health?

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How can a black hole have angular momentum? What is rotating?

36 points 21 comments

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Alternative liquid for vacuum gauge?

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Scientists have created a pill-size device that can detect bleeding deep inside a pig’s digestive tract and relay that information via a wireless signal to a cellphone. If modified to detect other chemicals this could be incredibly useful for human medical use.

35 points 5 comments