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Often, the human brain can overcome worries and fears by recalling past experiences that have worked out just fine. A new study suggests that people with OCD have difficulty with this process not because they are inflexible, but because of an extreme difficulty trusting acquired experience. (n=59)

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Does a cat purr manually or automatically? Is it aware of it's own purring? Does purring have an effect on the cat?

770 points 61 comments

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Scientists have split a single photon of light into three

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Two commercial satellites docked in orbit for the first time ever

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About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds

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If E = MC^2 then why does a photon contain energy?

3.28k points 295 comments

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A woman took 550 times the usual dose of LSD, with surprisingly positive consequences

454 points 120 comments

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Scientists have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away. It released five times more energy than the previous record holder.

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Hubble finds the Sombrero galaxy had a surprisingly turbulent past. New observations show the Sombrero's halo is packed with metal-rich stars, unlike the halos of most galaxies. This suggests the seemingly serene Sombrero galaxy once merged with another galaxy of roughly the same mass.

286 points 8 comments

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Mysterious faded star Betelgeuse has started to brighten again

36 points 11 comments

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Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car

307 points 55 comments

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Scientists detect biggest explosion since Big Bang

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Astronomers detect biggest explosion in history of the universe: Researchers say the blast is the biggest since the Big Bang. It occurred at the center of a galaxy cluster 390 million light years away

65 points 28 comments

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Sexual satisfaction linked to physiological synchrony in romantic couples.

13.1k points 486 comments

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Exercise, fasting help cells shed defective proteins

207 points 11 comments

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What does it take to develop a vaccine, and why does it take so long?

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Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of Starliner, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel

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Asteroids Size Comparison 🌑 (2020)

170 points 21 comments

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Red pandas are actually two separate species, study finds. Scientists found substantial divergences between Chinese red pandas and Himalayan red pandas in three genetic markers

41 points 4 comments

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SpaceX's Starlink launch ambitions just saved a space station resupply mission from big delays

77 points 12 comments

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Earth has had a second small moon for at least a year now but it will leave soon

29 points 12 comments

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In electricity, where does the flow of electrons actually come from?

40 points 16 comments

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NASA planning document may offer clues to changes in Artemis program

24 points 8 comments

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Robots Autonomously Navigate Underground in DARPA Challenge

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Sea level fingerprinting of the Bering Strait flooding history detects the source of the Younger Dryas climate event

14 points 2 comments