Новости за 07.12.2024

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Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function?

Larry Pynn, Hakai Magazine

Aquaculture is big business in Canada. In 2023, open-net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia alone produced 50,000 tonnes of fish worth just over US...

Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams

My curiosity about white dwarfs continues to be piqued by the occasional journal article, like a recent study from Caldon Whyte and colleagues reviewing the...

James Witts, Science Focus

Metabolism: it isn't what you (probably) think it is. Strictly speaking, your metabolism is the sum of every chemical reaction in every one of your cells - the...

Arthur Allen, KFF

The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age...

Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine

This year, superconductivity — the flow of electric current with zero resistance — was discovered in three distinct materials. Two instances stretch the...

Michelle Starr, Science Alert

Conjure, in your mind's eye, a visual to accompany the word 'aurora'. What you imagine might be dominated by the color green, elaborate swirls and swooshes that...

Becky Ferreira, Supercluster

What if you could hold a piece of a star in your hands?

Marcia Dunn, Christian Sci Monitor

Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space on Dec. 5 with two more to go.

Ethan Siegel, Big Think

When black holes were first derived within the context of general relativity, it was thought to be an absolute, irrevocable end-state of a completely collapsed...

Balwit & McCarty, W in P

In many ways, this horse is normal: it stands roughly 14 hands high, has dark eyes hooded by thick lashes, and makes a contented neighing sound when its coat is...

Joe Schwarcz, Montreal Gazette

There is probably no quote more often cited in discussions of toxicity than that of 16th-century Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus, namely that "only...

Saturday's NHL slate will see the Colorado Avalanche (14-13) take on the Detroit Red Wings (10-12-4), starting at 7:00 PM ET at Little (...)

The Ottawa Senators (11-12-2) host the Nashville Predators (7-14-6) at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario on December 7, 2024, (...)

Jamie Foxx will be addressing his mysterious medical scare in his upcoming Netflix documentary, "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...," according to audience member Demecos Chambers.

Sam Gersch scored twice and Masa Fujita had two assists as the Redwood High boys soccer team opened the season with a 6-1 tournament win against Rio Americano on Friday.

Oumar Ballo stuffed the stat sheet Friday night for 14 points, 18 rebounds and six assists as Indiana pulled away in the final 10 minutes for a 76-57

NRL star Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has lit up Instagram after going public with a fellow footy player in a relationship. The NRLW star is on the books of the Gold Coast Titans and is equally athletic.

Khalid and Normani have come back together for 'Personal,' their first song together in six years.

The Supreme Court on Friday flagged "disturbing features" in the arrest of former IAS officer Anil Tuteja by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to the alleged Chhattisgarh...

Neighbours and leaders expressed solidarity as the community observed its first Sabbath after the attack on Adass Israel in Ripponlea.

Neighbours and leaders expressed solidarity with the Jewish community, which is today observing its first Sabbath since the Adass synagogue firebombing.

A Republican Senator attacked President-Elect Trump in comments to NBC News over his treatment of Canada and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying, “I don’t think it’s smart for him [Trump] to humiliate Trudeau like he has.” The Senator, who was given anonymity by NBC to criticize Trump, also said that Trump “doesn’t have a huge mandate.