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What Was Going to the Doctor Like 100 Years Ago?

Let's just say medicine, medical technology, and doctor's visits have come a long way since 1926!

Mental Floss · EN

After Observing the Sky for 22 Years, a Beloved NASA Space Telescope Is Expected to Meet a Fiery Death This Week

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory launched in 2004 and detected thousands of astrophysical phenomena, leading to some huge discoveries. Earlier this year, experts attempted a first-of-its-kind rescue mission to save the falling telescope, but it failed

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

A 'Poor Man’s Rembrandt' for a Few Hundred Bucks? At Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum, a Pop-Up Tattoo Studio Is Inking 17th-Century Masterpieces on Human Canvases

Visitors can choose from dozens of designs pulled from Rembrandt's works, including lions, windmills and even his self-portraits. One participant was selected for a full-back tattoo of "The Descent from the Cross"

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

Native Hawaiians Descend From a Group of 'Ultravoyagers' Who Sailed About 4,400 Miles From Easter Island, Genetic Study Suggests

Researchers studied DNA from more than 1,000 modern-day Polynesians and found that Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders were most closely related. The findings help trace the epic settlement of the Polynesian islands while also revealing genetic vulnerabilities among their communities

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

See a Stunning Simulation of the Early Universe, Which Will Help Astronomers Shed Light on the Cosmic Dark Ages

The model, created by researchers at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, and other institutions, captures how the first stars and black holes gradually illuminated the universe after millions of years of darkness

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

MIT in the media: “Unpack My Cambridge" with President Sally Kornbluth

Kornbluth: “We hope to see you here soon on a visit to MIT, whether you are a prospective student, whether you are a tourist or whether you are just someone who likes really cool things.”

MIT News · EN

Building connections across the research infrastructure

MIT.nano and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition gathered facility leaders and technology professionals from across the nation to explore ways to make shared-access facilities more connected.

MIT News · EN

Doctoral Advising Guidelines by the AHM

[This is a guest post by the AHM communications group. — T.] We are happy to announce that the Teaching Working Group of the Association for Human Mathematics wrote a set of recommendations on doctoral advising aimed at departments, advisors, and students. The document contains five guidelines centered on prioritizing human-authored writing, avoiding overreliance on […]

Terence Tao · EN

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ movie prop may sell for over $1 million

The ‘Star Child,’ creepy twin dresses, and more from Stanley Kubrick's personal archive are up for auction. The post ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ movie prop may sell for over $1 million appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Oldest recordings of Louisiana Creole discovered in Indiana archive

The language was already endangered when Black linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner documented its speakers in 1935. The post Oldest recordings of Louisiana Creole discovered in Indiana archive appeared first on Popular Science .

Popular Science · EN

Stubborn Asteroids Around White Dwarfs Resist Becoming Dust

Astronomers are finding more dusty disks around white dwarf stars, and some of them are home to asteroids. But how these rocky asteroids are turned to dust and form these rings isn't clear. New research shows that the white dwarf's gravity alone can't shred them to dust.

Universe Today · EN

What Will Politics Look Like on Other Planets? It's Likely to Be a Mishmash

When we make our home on other worlds, who will be in charge? Will it be an emperor? A billionaire? A rebel alliance? Or none of the above? Astrobiologist Jacob Haqq Misra runs through the legal and political options.

Universe Today · EN

The Star Wars Eclipse — Want to see the 2027 total solar eclipse on Tatooine? Head to Tunisia

From Mos Eisley to Mos Espa and the Jundland Wastes, here's where to experience the Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse from Tunisia's Star Wars filming locations.

Space.com · EN

Hubble Telescope sees cosmic 'cat's tail' that could wrap around Earth and the sun 500 times

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a cosmic cat's tail formed when two Pluto-sized bodies smashed together.

Space.com · EN

Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo)

Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart.

Space.com · EN

'OGame' developers explain how the browser-based sci-fi game has lasted 24 years ahead of the huge Orion update

The OG sci-fi browser game is still going strong.

Space.com · EN

Voting in space: NASA astronauts cast ballots from International Space Station

The three Americans currently living off Earth made sure their voices were heard, voting in the midterm election from the International Space Station.

Space.com · EN

TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking

For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download PDF here Chip resistors are widely used in NASA projects, yet cases of alumina substrate cracking during environmental testing are rare. Two instances of thick-film chip resistor cracking were observed during thermal cycling after vibration, with fractures occurring across the short axis due […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk. The International Space Station was soaring 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph. Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon installed a new roll-out solar array on the space station and performed some get-ahead work […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

A 3,200-pound NASA spacecraft could fall to Earth tonight

NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit.

Live Science · EN

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Joshua Kutryk is pictured during a spacewalk with his spacesuit's helmet visor down to install a new roll-out solar array on the International Space Station's port side truss structure.

NASA Image of the Day · EN

The nuclear waste repository in Finland designed to outlast modern civilisation

The first engineered structure built to last for 100,000 years is about to begin operations. The hope is that Onkalo, deep below ground in Finland, will offer a safe place for the country to store nuclear waste

New Scientist · EN

Inca children were given hallucinogens before they were sacrificed to the gods

New toxicology tests of Inca mummies found the kids were given not just cocaine but also alcohol and chemicals found in ayahuasca before the ceremony

Scientific American · EN

The most impractical calculator in the world only has two buttons

Modern calculators have many buttons, including ones for sine, square root, pi and exponents. But it’s possible just two could suffice

Scientific American · EN