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How psychology has changed our thoughts
Credit – Getty Images HHow does the mind work? How can we explain consciousness, development, memory, language, rationality, emotions, racism, kindness and hatred – the most important and intimate aspects of ourselves? Solving these mysteries is the task of experimental psychology, the field to which I have devoted my life. But not everyone is satisfied … Read more
Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission, but despite 49 nominations, never won a Nobel Prize for her genius
Otto Hahn (left) won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission and would later downplay his colleague Lise Meitner (right) for her crucial role in the discovery.ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images Lise Meitner identified the fission process when her male colleagues could not figure it out. Her close colleague, Otto Hahn, downplayed the important … Read more
A former US Air Force officer spent $11 million searching for Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane – and may have found it
Amelia Earhart, sitting atop the cockpit of the all-metal twin-engine Lockheed-Elecktra monoplane, is pictured next to a sonar image of what investigators say could be the wreckage of her ill-fated flight.Getty Images/Deepzeevisie Tony Romeo thinks he has discovered Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane. Romeo told BI that he had captured an image of an airplane-shaped object … Read more
Male spiders sometimes use “random waste” to attract mates, hoping females won’t notice
PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP via Getty Images Claim: As a mating ritual, male spiders sometimes wrap “random waste” instead of insects, hoping that female spiders won’t notice. Judgement: Rating: true Context: Some spider species have been observed wrapping inedible prey or plant material in silk before presenting them to a potential mate. It can be misleading to … Read more
The Mars Perseverance rover loses its faithful scout
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. As humans, we love to ‘dare mighty things’. That’s the motto of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which borrows from a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. As a species born … Read more
What you need to know about the lunar region where the Japanese lander landed
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The journey of “Moon Sniper,” the robotic explorer who made Japan only the fifth country to safely land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, hasn’t gone quite as expected. Although the mission – officially known … Read more
Ebro Delta workers search for ‘balance’ as water runs out
Mosquitoes buzz around the researchers on the banks of the Ebro River as they flood the fields and take measurements. The smell of sweat and insect repellent mixes in the humidity as the team tests water-saving strategies in the flooded fields of the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA) near Amposta. The Ebro is … Read more
Space shuttle Endeavor flies to its place at the last museum home
The space shuttle Endeavor is wrapped in protective shrink wrap and is parked next to its external fuel tanks as it waits to be lifted by a 450-foot crane and placed next to its fuel tanks at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center next week. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Barring … Read more