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Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Most People Are Right-Handed - Gizmodo

Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why Most People Are Right-Handed - Gizmodo

The answer comes down to two things: our legs and brains.

NASA's Perseverance Rover is ready to complete a Martian marathon - Yahoo

NASA's Perseverance Rover is ready to complete a Martian marathon - Yahoo

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - For NASA's Perseverance Rover, life on Mars has been a marathon, not a sprint.

Deep Beneath the Caribbean, Scientists Sent a Robot Into the Cayman Trough and Found Something They Never Expected - Indian Defence Review

Deep Beneath the Caribbean, Scientists Sent a Robot Into the Cayman Trough and Found Something They Never Expected - Indian Defence Review

Three miles beneath the Caribbean Sea, a deep-sea robot stumbled upon a world of smoking black chimneys and waters hotter than 400°C, and life was thriving in all of it.

The 150-Million-Year-Old Skull That Just Turned Dinosaur History Upside Down - Indian Defence Review

The 150-Million-Year-Old Skull That Just Turned Dinosaur History Upside Down - Indian Defence Review

A 150-million-year-old skull unearthed in Spain is so rare, scientists say it changes what we know about stegosaur evolution.

NASA's Psyche probe takes amazing photos of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid - Space

NASA's Psyche probe takes amazing photos of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid - Space

"We are now on course for arrival at the asteroid Psyche in summer 2029."

Psychology Says Adults Who Return to Their Childhood Games Aren't Looking for Fun. They Are Desperately Searching for the Person They Used to Be - The Daily Galaxy

Psychology Says Adults Who Return to Their Childhood Games Aren't Looking for Fun. They Are Desperately Searching for the Person They Used to Be - The Daily Galaxy

It is not the dated graphics or the clunky controls. A growing body of psychology research points to something far more personal.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one percent as dense as Earth's before rotor blade damage grounded it in 2024, and JPL had originally designed it for just five test flights, and the lessons from its overperformance - Space Daily

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed 72 flights in an atmosphere less than one percent as dense as Earth's before rotor blade damage grounded it in 2024, and JPL had originally designed it for just five test flights, and the lessons from its overperformance - Space Daily

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was designed to attempt up to five experimental test flights over thirty days. It performed 72 flights over almost three years before rotor blade damage on 18 January 2024 grounded it for good. The follow-on work, inside JPL a…

Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon in 2027 - SpaceNews

Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon in 2027 - SpaceNews

The head of NASA says he expects China to perform a crewed flight around the moon in 2027, ratcheting up perceptions of a space race with China.

The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled - Nature

The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled - Nature

Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought. What does that mean for how the brain works?