Technology & Innovation
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High blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are three major modifiable risk factors of dementia.
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Since the James Webb Space Telescope started collecting data in 2022, it has found puzzling objects dubbed little red dots. A new study suggests they might be giant black holes with some characteristics of stars.
Smithsonian and NASA collaborate to understand tropical forests on different continents. Satellite images can be used to estimate how much carbon forests store as aboveground biomass (AGB) and how biomass varies in different forests.
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Scientists swapped three of the probe’s heating devices for ones that use less energy, and they might do the same with Voyager 1. Both spacecraft launched almost 50 years ago.
This cosmic space-“craft” reveals the star formation region known as 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula.
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Make a pretend telescope out of a paper towel roll to help you focus on the night sky.
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes.