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Back in the gym after a long break? Don’t worry about losing your gains. You have muscle memory
If you’ve ever worried that a long break from the gym would erase months of hard-won gains, new research from Finland offers ...
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The world’s first wooden satellite was launched into space
The satellite is made from magnolia wood, which was historically used for samurai sheaths. The world’s first wooden satellite ...
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How Internet Slang Has Become Part of Everyday Language
Slang is a prime example of that: once relegated to message boards, chat rooms, and text messages, internet slang has ...
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New Satellite Index Tracks Coastal Plastic Pollution with Pinpoint Precision
“While the impacts of these ocean plastics on the environment, fishing and tourism are well documented, methods for measuring ...
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Growing crops in the dark with “electro-agriculture” can revolutionize food production and free up over 90 percent of farmlands
In the future, photosynthesis could be replaced with electro-agriculture, a process that is four times more efficient and may do wonders for food security.
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NASA beamed back a laser message from half a billion kilometers away 100 times faster than using radio waves
NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration beamed a laser signal to the Psyche spacecraft, which ...