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Loneliness leads to higher risk of future unemployment, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Experiencing loneliness appears to lead to a higher risk of future unemployment,...

This one-way superconductor could be a step toward eternal electricity

Imagine if your computer could run on electricity that flows forever without overheating. This isn’t magic: It’s the potential future of a real phenomenon called superconductivity, which today underpins everything from cutting-edge magnetic research to MRIs. Now, scientists have found...

A child snuck his book into the library. Now there’s a waitlist to read it.

Last weekend, two authors – second grader Dillon Helbig and former elementary school teacher Cristianne Lane – co-led a writing workshop in Boise, Idaho. The workshop was Ms. Lane’s idea, but the spark for it was Dillon’s surreptitious placement...

Google Made It Easier to Hide Yourself from Google Search

News @xguntherc Apr 27, 2022, 2:02 pm EDT | 1 min read mundissima/Shutterstock.com If you’re looking to get back some of your privacy, Google recently introduced new policies that’ll let users protect themselves from Google Search. By that, we mean giving people control...

Russia releases US Marine vet Trevor Reed in prisoner exchange

Washington Russia and the United States have carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America, both countries announced Wednesday. The surprise deal involving...

This NASA ‘lunar backpack’ will help Artemis astronauts explore the moon

Home News Tech Michael Zanetti, a NASA planetary scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, testing the Kinematic Navigational and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) in late 2021. Zanetti was at the Cinder cone in Portillo volcanic field in New Mexico. (Image credit: NASA/Michael Zanetti) As...

People Think Minority Groups Are Bigger Than They Really Are

Our brain is attuned to noticing new things in the busy environment around us. This alertness to novelty means we are apt to overemphasize what holds our attention. When people stand out as different, they stick in our mind...

Solar power is better than nuclear for astronauts on Mars, study suggests

Home News Human Spaceflights Artist's impression of an astronaut on Mars. (Image credit: dottedhippo via Getty Images) Solar power would be the superior option over nuclear for crewed Martian missions near the planet's equator, a new study concludes. Researchers found that a six-person Red Planet...

Ford is charging ahead with production of its electric F-150 Lightning

Ford officially launched its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck today, roughly 11 months after we got our first glimpses of what the battery powered workhorse would look like. “Trucks are rolling off the line today,” said Ford’s CEO, Jim...

The copper jaws of venomous bloodworms could be a win for sustainable manufacturing

Having sturdy jaws is essential for the small marine creatures known as bloodworms.  The worms, which grow to about 15 inches in length, spend their lives burrowing through the muddy seafloor and hunting small crustaceans, molluscs, and other worms.  “They need...

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