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Toddlers understand the concept of impossibility — and learn better from it

Toddlers seem to understand that things can be impossible — and this helps them learn.

Young Jupiter Swept Through the Solar System, Destroying Super Earths

A new shocking theory suggests that Jupiter may have sweeped through our solar system much like a wrecking ball, knocking planets out of the solar system our moving them outwards, to the position we see them in today. If this is true, then it might explain why our solar system is a rarity and why life emerged the way it did.

Scientists seen as competent, but not trusted by Americans

Americans trust the competency of scientists, but they don’t trust scientists themselves. In particular, the general population is weary of scientists manipulating results to obtain bigger grants or pushing forth hidden agendas. “Scientists have earned the respect of Americans but not necessarily their trust,” said lead author Susan Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology […]

Gold nanoparticles show new way to annihilate lymphoma cells without chemotherapy

How do you annihilate lymphoma cells without any chemotherapy or drugs at all? Simply by starving it of the thing it needs most – High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Northwestern Medicine researchers discovered a method of treating lymphoma with a new nanoparticle that works as a double agent – it appears to the cancerous cells as […]

Great lakes stressed out: Ontario most threatened, study finds

Lake Ontario faces multiple varied threats, from zebra mussels to toxins to light pollution from brightly lit shoreline cities; lake Erie is just as threatened, while the depths of lake Superior remain relatively unharmed – a study on the world’s largest surface freshwater supply explains. A thousand cuts The threats are actually so numerous and […]