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The galaxy whose light has traveled nearly 13.5 billion years to reach us has been confirmed to be the oldest galaxy found to date. By studying the galaxy’s oxygen content using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Subarray Array (ALMA), astronomers have precisely dated it to just 367 million years after the Big Bang, a time when the … Read more
Losing weight is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, and yet it’s the one most of us struggle to achieve. By the time the second or third week of January rolls around, many of us find it difficult to commit to the lifestyle changes needed to lose weight, or at least keep it … Read more
The slice of ocean wedged between Florida and the Bahamas is one of the most well-studied marine environments in the world, yet it’s also the center of an enduring geological puzzle. Since at least the 1930s, scientists in the area have observed eerie, billowing white clouds appearing in the calm surface of the turquoise water. … Read more
A huge amount of rock and other material flows around our solar system as asteroids and comets. If one of those comes towards us, can we successfully prevent an asteroid collision with Earth? Well maybe. But there appears to be one type of asteroid that is particularly hard to destroy. Asteroids are chunks of rocky … Read more
Physicists have just set a new record by confining a self-focusing laser pulse to a cage of air, along a 45-meter (148-foot) long university corridor. With previous results well below a metre, this latest experiment led by physicist Howard Melchberg of the University of Maryland (UMD) breaks new ground for trapping light in channels known … Read more
The painting is 3.63 meters (12 ft) high and 4.37 meters wide. The painting is generally known as night watch It is the largest painting by Rembrandt. Centuries after its creation, we’re still uncovering the smallest details in its pigments, thanks to advances in modern technology. A team of researchers from across Europe has discovered … Read more
People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this more. Do this thing a lot, for a long time. Get these winnings. In fact, things are never so simple. This is certainly true of the age-old question of how often one should change up one’s exercise routine. Unfortunately, there is … Read more
Tractor beams make intuitive sense. Matter and energy interact with each other in countless ways throughout the universe. Magnetism and gravity are both natural forces that can hold things together, so there is a kind of precedent. But the actual tractor beam geometry is something different. A tractor beam is a device that can move … Read more
College students have a lot of freedom but not a lot of organization. This can be detrimental to habitual procrastinators. Studies have shown that at least half of college students procrastinate to a level that is potentially detrimental to their education. But this may not be the only negative consequence of putting things off until … Read more
To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a 5-minute walk every half hour. This is the main finding of a new study that my colleagues and I have published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. We asked 11 healthy adults, middle-aged and older, to sit in our laboratory for … Read more
