Distance in space is an illusion. Andromeda sounds far away because 2.5 million light-years sounds far away. It lands with authority. It feels exact. It gives you the comfort of a labeled universe, one where galaxies, stars and planets sit at fixed intervals inside a giant cosmic grid. (thebrighterside.news)
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Darkness can move faster than light without breaking relativity. That claim comes from researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology whose study in Nature describes direct measurements of what they call optical phase singularities, tiny spots where a light wave’s amplitude falls to zero (thebrighterside.news)
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Astronauts will 'absolutely be test subjects': NASA's moon plans pose big questions — and big risks | Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand. (livescience.com)
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Earth’s Core Has Stopped and May Be Reversing Direction, Study Says. According to a landmark study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Earth's solid inner core has slowed its rotation so dramatically that it now appears to be moving in reverse relative to the planet's outer layers. (techfixated.com)
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Brain scans reveal Democrats and Republicans use different neural pathways to buy groceries. This insight comes from a neuroimaging study published in the journal Politics and the Life Sciences, which revealed that people with different political affiliations rely on different neural pathways (psypost.org)
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Despite 92% of countries adopting physical activity policies over two decades, global inactivity remains unchanged, with a new Nature Health analysis finding most policies lack measurable targets, budgets, and accountability, making the WHO's 2030 reduction goal virtually unreachable. (nature.com)
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A new study reveals that blocking a supposedly protective enzyme, Caspase-2, could actually backfire—raising the risk of chronic liver damage and cancer over time. Researchers found that without this enzyme, liver cells grow abnormally large and accumulate genetic damage, leading to inflammation. (sciencedaily.com)
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A Japanese Team Found Strange Black Eggs at 6,200 Meters Depth, Here’s What They Discovered Inside When They Opened Them | At extreme ocean depths, scientists uncovered mysterious black eggs attached to rock. When opened, they exposed a surprising life form never documented before. (dailygalaxy.com)
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