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Walking about 8,500 steps a day may help people keep weight off after dieting, new obesity research suggests.
New obesity research links about 8,500 daily steps with better long-term weight-loss maintenance after dieting.
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Image below, NASA/ JSC Flight Surgeon Dr Rick Scheuring performing knee ultrasound examination with KneeTapTM external pneumatic compressive device on RM at National Jewish Health Denver CO.
HealthResearchers find no significant joint damage in astronauts after short spaceflightsMac Oliveau
New stainless steel from Hong Kong could make green hydrogen cheaper by replacing costly, corrosion-resistant materials.
Green ImpactNew type of stainless steel pulls hydrogen directly out of seawaterJoshua Shavit
New research uses physics to predict how words, accents, and dialects spread across regions and generations.
DiscoveriesFrom ‘pop’ to ‘soda’, language may obey the law of physicsShy Cohen
Scientists say Venus’ giant cloud front comes from a hydraulic jump, revealing a new driver of its fast-moving atmosphere.
SpaceResearchers explain mysterious cause of 6,000-kilometer cloud wall on VenusJoshua Shavit
Ancient stone tools from China now date to 146,000 years ago, suggesting innovation thrived during an ice age.
Discoveries146,000-year-old tools suggest human ingenuity thrived during the ice ageRebecca Shavit
New physics research suggests spacetime may preserve some gravitational structures as it evolves.
SpacePhysicists rewrite Einstein’s equations to define spacetime evolutionJoseph Shavit
PhD candidate Seongyon Hong and the SoulMate system.
AIThe world’s first AI ‘SoulMate’ learns and adapts to you in real-timeShy Cohen
The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai-volcanic eruption on 15 january 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption.
Green ImpactA violent volcanic eruption triggered a rare atmospheric cleanupRebecca Shavit
A giant python in Indonesia now holds a world record, but her survival may matter more than her size.
Green ImpactAt 23ft and 8 inches, ‘The Baroness’ is the world’s longest wild snakeHannah Shavit-Weiner
About 28,000 light-years away, the globular cluster M80 is home to hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity. Crowded environments like this can help drive the growth of black holes through consecutive mergers.
SpaceThe biggest black holes grow by crashing into each other over and over againJoshua Shavit
Located behind Pandora's Cluster in the constellation Sculptor, Abell 2744-QSO1 is triply imaged by the cluster's gravity.
SpaceMassive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big BangJoseph Shavit
Artist's depiction of a collision between two planetary bodies, similar to the hypothesized collision between Theia and the proto-Earth.
SpaceDante’s Inferno suggests Hell and Purgatory mirror the physics of a massive asteroid impactJoshua Shavit
New SynTrogo tool cut synapses in mouse memory circuits, yet strengthened remaining connections and improved recall.
HealthScientists create a tool to ‘edit’ brain functions and improve memoryMac Oliveau
New analysis suggests Mercury may hold a deep diamond layer formed as its carbon-rich core slowly crystallized.
SpaceMercury has a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds under its surfaceJoseph Shavit
MIT-led FINGERS-7B uses multi-omic data to predict Alzheimer’s risk earlier and improve responder stratification.
Good NewsMIT releases first AI model built to make Alzheimer’s preventableShy Cohen
Hearing a mother’s voice may lower stress hormones and boost oxytocin in children and college students.
HealthCall home this Mothers Day – your mom’s voice has important health benefitsRebecca Shavit