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NASA’s exoplanet mission accidentally discovers a world it was never meant to find

The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...
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Just getting 90 minutes less sleep could lead to weight gain

Getting as little as 90 minutes less sleep than usual may lead to gaining weight and becoming more sedentary, a new study ...
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Supersonic ping pong ball physics experiment

In this video I test out my new supersonic ping pong ball vacuum cannon. I show a little bit about how one of these is made ...

Cern is upgrading the LHC particle accelerator

One of the most important discoveries in physics in a long time was made there 14 years ago, and now the Large Hadron ...

STEM and story labs, more experiments to come up at State Resource Centre

Chennai: A new STEM lab, with emphasis on electrical and electronic circuits; additional do-it-yourself experiments for students and story modules to teach science and math concepts are among the ...

NASA wants to light a fire on the moon – but it’s for science

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', ...

A scientist built 200 hotels for bees. Three years later, the guests he found changed what we know about pollinators and biodiversity

Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and ...

NASA wants to light the first fire on the moon. Here's why

NASA plans to ignite a controlled fire on the moon as part of an experiment to better understand how flames behave during ...