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Content: Volume 4, Issue 4

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Antarctica Has Got the Chilly Chilly Shakes

A well-known fictional captain once called space the final frontier, but here on Earth, there is one place in desperate need of further exploration. In some ways, we know more about the moon and Mars than we do about Antarctica. New studies are being conducted... click to read more

  • Amanda Lough | Professor at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Reading time 4 min
published on Dec 14, 2018
A tale of morning glories. New discoveries about the origin of the sweet potato

Morning glories, so called because of their characteristic full bloom in the early morning, are common garden plants that belong to the family Convolvulaceae. Perhaps surprisingly, the most famous morning glory species is not famous for its flowers, but instead for its underground, tasty structures:... click to read more

  • Pablo Munoz Rodriguez | PhD student at Green Templeton College, Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP Programme, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Reading time 4 min
published on Dec 13, 2018
The Magnetic “Song” Of The Molecular Cloud Musca

Stars, the building blocks of galaxies, and planets, the hosts of life, are born inside vast clouds of gas and dust found in the interstellar medium. Understanding the processes that control the evolution of these clouds is a significant task if we wish to understand... click to read more

  • Aris Tritsis | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Dec 12, 2018
The Alcohol Hangover: A Thought Impairing Experience

Headache, nausea, and fatigue are all common symptoms experienced the morning after a night of heavy drinking. Individuals also describe effects on concentration, mood, and decision-making. However, the scientific literature investigating these effects is scarce and has often produced mixed results, preventing firm conclusions. Given that... click to read more

  • Craig Gunn | PhD student at Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK
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Reading time 4 min
published on Dec 11, 2018
One step closer to brain-like computing

In many ways, we do not know how the brain processes information. However, we do know that the brain is mighty efficient at what it does. For instance, the human brain consumes only about 20 W, less than a standard light bulb. How does the... click to read more

  • Sacha van Albada | Group Leader at Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Theoretical Neuroscience (IAS-6) & JARA Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
  • Markus Diesmann | Director at Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Theoretical Neuroscience (IAS-6) & JARA Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Dec 10, 2018