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The engineering is surprisingly simple and remarkably clever. The post How do airplane toilets work? appeared first on Popular Science...

115 years ago, an asteroid flattened a remote area of Siberia. The post June skygazing: A strawberry moon, the summer

Comets, planets, and moons, and more intricately dance around our solar system. The post How the sun’s motion affects meteor

The full moon will take on a red in the wee hours of the morning on March 14. The post

Chandrayaan-3’s lunar surface temperature data hints at some unexpected H20. The post New evidence for water lurking under the moon’s

The planet parade afterparty rages on, particularly for Mercury and Venus. The post March skygazing: A ‘celestial smiley face,’ a

These include subtle differences in brain folding patterns and cortical thickness. The post Subtle differences identified in brains of people

These cross-modal associations are one of the cognitive foundations of language. The post Macaques appear to associate spoken words with

Prolonged stress … can subtly alter how we perceive the world around us.' The post Chronic stress affects the way

New discoveries from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission were 'a complete surprise.' The post Scientists find traces of life’s building blocks in