Aliphatic hydrocarbons on Ceres’ surface found to have short lifetimes
Map of the distribution of the aliphatic organics. Map of the AOs on Ceres, using as a proxy the 3.4-μm band depth (scale bar) derived by the Dawn VIR data,…
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Map of the distribution of the aliphatic organics. Map of the AOs on Ceres, using as a proxy the 3.4-μm band depth (scale bar) derived by the Dawn VIR data,…
Scatter plot of consumption expenditure (y-axis) versus sub-clan identifiers (x-axis) plotted separately for members of age set societies (light diamonds) and kin-based societies (dark circles). Credit: American Economic Review (2024).…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Technology is often seen as a threat to democracy, with the surge in AI capabilities the latest big concern. This historic year of elections has put…
Credit: NOAA Headquarters The Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) onboard NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, which launched on June 25, 2024, are powered on, performing well, and observing the sun.…
‘Look twice, forgive once’ solves both the scoring and the punishment dilemmas. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07977-x The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation…
a)Two existing nodes with their ego networks (grayed out) that belong to different groups, indicated by different colors (red and blue). The size of a node indicates its Π, or…
Dr. Tobias Rüffer is holding a Petri dish containing the metal gallium, which melts at around 30°C. Credit: Jacob Müller Catalysts play an important role in the manufacture of many…
A camellia farm in Jiangxi province, China Wan Xiang/Xinhua/Alamy Replacing some existing vegetable oil crops with camellia plants could boost cooking oil production while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water use…
Hairy situation Yes, when someone pulls your hair – if you have enough hair that someone can pull it – it hurts. But the truth of why that is, and…
Maths phobia is older than you might think. A hundred years ago, German physicist Felix Auerbach, lamenting the phenomenon and hoping to find ways to address it, wrote a little…