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Mar 6, 2020

Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama (narrated video)

Posted by in category: space

How’s this for 2020 vision? Over the holidays, I took a series of high-res photos of my hometown on Mars. This panorama is made up of a crisp 1.8 billion pixels. It’s my most detailed view to date.

Zoom in: https://go.nasa.gov/3ap38hB

Mar 6, 2020

Universe Size Comparison

Posted by in category: futurism

I’m nothing… You are nothing… We all nothing…

Mar 6, 2020

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Psyche Mission

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Psyche mission. The Psyche mission currently is targeted to launch in July 2022 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The total cost for NASA to launch Psyche and the secondary payloads is approximately $117 million, which includes the launch service and other mission related costs.

The Psyche mission will journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid is considered unique, as it appears to largely be made of the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet – one of the building blocks of our solar system.

Mar 6, 2020

The EARN IT Act Is a Sneak Attack on Encryption

Posted by in category: encryption

The crypto wars are back in full swing.

Mar 6, 2020

See Curiosity’s Highest-Resolution Panorama of Mars Yet

Posted by in category: space

If news from Earth has got you down, maybe this update from the Red Planet will take your mind off things. NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has produced an incredible 1.8-billion-pixel image of the surface of Mars.

The image above doesn’t nearly do it justice, so be sure to watch the video below. You can also use this NASA webpage to explore the panorama in detail.

Mar 6, 2020

Tesla Solar Roof: Elon Musk-shared image reveals its best feature

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

The company’s solar-storing tiles are making waves.

Mar 6, 2020

Music therapy for stroke patients ‘improves brain and motor function’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, media & arts, neuroscience

Music therapy can help improve brain and motor function in stroke patients, scientists say.

A new study has found taking part in music sessions can boost mood and improve concentration in patients recovering from stroke. Those participating in the two-year sessions alongside existing stroke rehabilitation treatment also reported physical benefits such as better arm function and gait.

Based on their trials, the researchers are preparing a proposal for an NHS-funded permanent music therapy sessions post on the stroke ward at the Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, where the study was conducted.

Mar 6, 2020

The first coronavirus vaccine could be in ‘clinical use’ in April

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

China has said that some vaccines for the novel coronavirus could be in clinical use next month as the number of global coronavirus cases soared past 100,000.

The country’s scientists are striving to develop immunisation products with five technologies simultaneously, according to officials.

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Mar 6, 2020

Emotions Are Represented In The Brain In A Surprisingly Similar Way To Visual Information, Study Argues

Posted by in category: neuroscience

By Emma Young. Researchers recorded participants’ brain activity and emotions while they watched Forrest Gump.

Mar 6, 2020

The Mediterranean nearly dried up. A cataclysmic flood revived it

Posted by in category: futurism

New evidence reignites a longstanding debate about how the sea reconnected with the ocean.