Health
Mechanism Connecting Anxiety and Testosterone
A pioneering study found a substantial association between anxiety disorders and the brain receptor TACR3, as well as testosterone. Prof. Shira Knafo, head of Ben-Gurion…
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Physics
Is the Speed of Sound the Same on Mars as on Earth?
The speed of light in a vacuum is the same anywhere you measure it in the universe, according to Einstein’s special theory of relativity. Whether…
Astronomy
Zealandia is Earth’s First Continent That has Been Completely Mapped, Revealing Ancient Secrets
Zealandia has existed for around 60 million years, having separated from the supercontinent Gondwana at that period. It is also almost fully submerged underwater, and…
Biology
Bacterial Cellulose
Bacterial cellulose is a type of cellulose produced by certain bacteria. Certain bacteria create an organic molecule with the formula (C6H10O5)n. Unlike plant cellulose, which…
Biology
Rhizobacteria
Rhizobacteria are a type of bacteria that live in the rhizosphere, a region of soil impacted directly by plant roots. These are root-associated bacteria that…
Health
Can COVID Lateral Flow Tests Still Identify the New Variant JN.1?
Swab, swirl, and drop – then pray there’s only one line. Nearly four years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, many of us are familiar…
Chemistry
Carbon Filtering
Carbon filtering is a method of filtering that uses a bed of activated carbon to remove pollutants from a fluid, such as water or air,…
Physics
Why Did the Champagne Bottles on the Titanic Not Explode?
When the Titan, a tragic submersible, imploded when the crew attempted to explore the Titanic wreck in June 2023, people began asking a lot of…
Chemistry
Silicon Oxynitride – a ceramic material
Silicon oxynitride is a compound made up of silicon, oxygen, and nitrogen. It is a ceramic substance with the chemical composition SiOxNy. While the composition…
Physics
“The Ultimate Catastrophe”: Is It Possible For A Bomb to Light Up the Atmosphere?
J. Robert Oppenheimer tells Albert Einstein, “When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that might destroy…
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