Cataclysm: Artists illustration of two merging neutron stars. (Courtesy: NSF/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet) Physicists have created a framework for better understanding the super-dense ma… [+5127 chars]
Hello and welcome to yet another This Week on iTP rundown, where we list the top stories from the past week. Before we get started, we just want to which all the daddies, dads, papas, fathers, and po… [+2680 chars]
Before we jump into the science on social media pool this Sunday, happy Juneteenth and Fathers Day to our readers in real life. Ok, onward. A commentary about a JAMA Network Open paper made a splash… [+6931 chars]
ByCornell UniversityJune 19, 2022 A recent study shows that taking 500 milligrams of the nutrient choline helps the body more effectively metabolize an omega 3 fatty acid that is crucial for the fet… [+5189 chars]
Yet, combining multiple data sets for this purpose remains a major challenge. Despite those difficulties, Afonso managed to formally combine multiple satellite data sets with land-based data sets to… [+1274 chars]
Table of Contents <ol><li>Altitude and the Human Body</li><li>Altitude Sickness</li><li>Mimicking Altitude at Sea Level</li><li>Hacking Altitude with Heat</li><li>Slowing Down to Speed Up</li><li>Pr… [+16609 chars]
NASA's Lucy probe has gained a ninth asteroid destination for its 12-year mission. Lucy launched in October 2021 and is bound for the Trojan asteroids, which, thanks to the pull of Jupiter's imm… [+2294 chars]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team for conducting three "flawless launches" in under one week. "Congrats to SpaceX Falcon team for executing 3 flawless launches in 2 days!, Musk tweet… [+1625 chars]
Dust was long considered the bane of astronomers, blocking off light and hiding away objects they wanted to observe. But with the advent of infrared astronomy, researchers found that dust is not a du… [+2684 chars]
