deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Study Investigates Whether It is Safe for GPs…
[caption id="attachment_9273" align="alignright" width="361"] Source: dddmag.com[/caption] A new study has found that reducing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections - such as coughs, colds, sore throats and ear infections - is not linked to an…
New Clue to How Lithium Works in the…
“How lithium acts on the brain has been this great mystery of psychopharmacology,” says Joshua Meisel, an MIT postdoc and lead author of a new study. “There are hypotheses, but nothing’s been proven.” Illustration: Jose-Luis…
The crab Nebula as never seen before
[caption id="attachment_9267" align="alignnone" width="600"] The moving heart of the Crab Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA[/caption] This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied,…
A decade of plant biology in space
[caption id="attachment_9254" align="alignright" width="625"] Arabidopsis seedlings grown in space[/caption] 10 years ago, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched to the International Space Station carrying ESA’s European Modular Cultivation System – a miniature greenhouse to probe how plants grow in weightlessness.…