What is consciousness? Science faces its hardest problem yet

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...
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Scientists may be approaching a 'fundamental breakthrough in cosmology and particle physics' — if dark matter and 'ghost particles' can interact

Astronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that ...

World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all ...

Water makeup of Jupiter's Galilean moons set at birth, new study finds

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor ...
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2,000–3,000 TMC Of Godavari Water Wasted Annually: Somireddy Calls For Telugu States’ Unity

NELLORE: TD senior leader and Sarvepalli MLA Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Sunday said that 2,000 to 3,000 TMC of Godavari water flows into the sea every year, asserting that disputes over the ...
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Air bubbles on plastics release microplastics into water

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...
Physics World

Watching how grasshoppers glide inspires new flying robot design

Flight of the grasshopper Work on how grasshoppers glide could result in new options to extend the flight time for insect-sized robots. (Courtesy: Princeton University/Sameer A Khan/Fotobuddy) While ...
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Chess960 still results in white having an advantage, finds study

Queen’s gambit: New research find that the standard game of chess can give an advantage to white – regardless of where the back pieces are placed (courtesy: istock/gedzun) Chess is a seemingly simple ...