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play_review Technology translates human brain waves into visual images.

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play_review The nearby super-Earth planet TOI-561 b orbits in our cosmic neighborhood.

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play_review Astronomers search for the missing heat on exoplanet TOI-561 b.

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play_review Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Sunscreen of stone, sunscreen of stone / Shields the boiling ground!

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Magma Cloud Mystery
BETA

play_review Sort the falling mineral crystals to figure out how magma clouds protect the lava planet.

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Meet a cosmic rule-breaker

play_review Located 280 light-years away, this rocky super-Earth challenges the belief that extreme stellar radiation strips atmospheres over billions of years.

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How long does it take the exoplanet TOI-561 b to complete a full orbit around its host star?

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Approximately how far is the exoplanet TOI-561 b from Earth?

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The mystery of the missing heat

play_review TOI-561 b either reflects its star's energy or moves heat to its nightside

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What did astronomers notice about the dayside temperature of TOI-561 b that surprised them?

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Which space telescope provided the crucial infrared data showing TOI-561 b's unexpected dayside temperature?

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Fun Fact

Cosmic speed limits: TOI-561 b completes a full year in just 10.5 hours, meaning you would celebrate over 800 birthdays every single Earth year!

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What does the presence of an atmosphere on TOI-561 b suggest to planetary scientists?

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According to standard astronomical theories, what should have happened to TOI-561 b's atmosphere over billions of years?

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Glossary
atmosphere (noun)
The envelope of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body. JWST observations revealed that the scorched, fast-orbiting rocky world TOI-561 b unexpectedly retains a thick atmosphere.

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What type of surface does the exoplanet TOI-561 b have?

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What is a 'super-Earth' in astronomy?

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Gossip

Would you want to live on a planet with a 10-hour year?

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play_review Functional magnetic resonance imaging scans map active areas of the brain.

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play_review Functional magnetic resonance imaging maps the working human brain.

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play_review Functional magnetic resonance imaging maps human brain activity.

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play_review Functional magnetic resonance imaging scans map human thoughts.

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Mind’s Eye Sketcher
BETA

play_review Decode brain activity into sketches to discover how AI visualizes our thoughts.

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Cats at Rome's ancient ruins only meow to communicate with humans, not other felines.

play_review Largo di Torre Argentina ruins shelter a protected sanctuary for Rome's stray cats.

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play_review New technology reconstructs visual images directly from human brain activity.

Oct 24

play_review The reproductive power of the female pumpkin flower ovary.

Oct 24

play_review Giant pepo berries make up a unique botanical family.

Oct 24

play_review Botanical science defines the structural differences between fruits and vegetables.

Oct 24

Pumpkin's Fruity Secret
BETA

play_review Sort botanical traits to discover why pumpkins are actually fruits instead of vegetables.

Oct 24

play_review The botanical family tree of pumpkins, watermelons, and zucchinis.

Oct 24

play_review The Botanical Breakthrough

Out of a bloom / holding the seeds / a giant berry!

Oct 24

The secret power of the flower ovary

play_review Pumpkin vines produce separate male and female flowers, where bees pollinate the female's miniature green pumpkin ovary to

Oct 24

Fun Fact

Giant pepo berries: Pumpkins are botanically classified as pepos, which means every single pumpkin is actually a giant berry with a tough outer rind.

Oct 24

Meet the giant pepo berry family

play_review Soft watercolor drawings show a pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumber gathered as a family.

Oct 24

Glossary
fruit (noun)
The seed-bearing structure that develops from the ovary of a flowering plant. In 2019, Texas horticulturist Joe Masabni clarified that the pumpkin is scientifically classified as a fruit.

Oct 24

Quiz

What botanical feature officially classifies a pumpkin as a fruit rather than a vegetable?

Oct 24

Gossip

Is pumpkin pie actually a vegetable side dish?

Oct 24

Quiz

Why do male pumpkin flowers never grow into pumpkins?

Oct 24

Gossip

Which pumpkin cousin is the absolute best?

Oct 24

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What is the scientific term for the specialized type of berry that pumpkins are classified as?

Oct 24

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Which of these everyday kitchen items is botanically in the same family (Cucurbitaceae) as the pumpkin?

Oct 24

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How many distinct sexes of flowers does a single pumpkin vine produce?

Oct 24

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What botanical term describes the edible parts of plants like roots, stems, and leaves?

Oct 24

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Which part of the pumpkin flower eventually swells and matures into the pumpkin fruit?

Oct 24

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What is the main biological purpose of a pumpkin's thick, fleshy pulp?

Oct 24

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A giraffe's spotted coat surprisingly complements the complex ironwork of the Eiffel Tower.

play_review A giraffe eats leaves from a London plane tree near the Eiffel Tower.

Oct 13

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A giraffe wandering through Paris would completely disrupt the local pigeon hierarchy.

play_review A giraffe eats leaves from a manicured tree in the Champ de Mars.

Oct 9

Just one teaspoon of a newborn neutron star weighs as much as Mount Everest

play_review A newborn neutron star glows at the center of a vast cosmic expanse

Sep 25

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Paris became obsessed with a real giraffe named Zarafa after her arrival in 1827.

play_review A Masai giraffe nibbles plane tree leaves near the glowing Eiffel Tower.

Sep 17

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The 330-meter Eiffel Tower makes a six-meter giraffe look like a tiny toy.

play_review A giraffe stretches its neck near the Eiffel Tower on a gravel path.

Sep 16

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Your cat reserves its meows exclusively to talk to you, not other cats.

play_review A ginger cat rests on a Turkish Kilim carpet in Balat, Istanbul.

Sep 15

The word hodophile means road-lover, describing a giraffe journeying from the African savanna.

play_review A giraffe explores the historic cobblestone streets of Paris far from home.

Sep 11

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Paris actually obsessed over a real giraffe in 1827, way before the tower.

play_review A towering Nubian giraffe strolls through Paris, surprising tourists near the Eiffel Tower.

Sep 7

play_review Atomic Scale Shrinking

Ten atoms wide, ten atoms wide! Our future is ten atoms wide.

Sep 7

play_review Why smaller transistors make faster brains

Sep 7

Why smaller transistors make faster brains

play_review Packing billions more transistors onto a single chip shortens the distance electrical signals must travel, boosting speed.

Sep 7

Fun Fact

Microchip scale: A single strand of human DNA is about 2.5 nanometers wide, meaning 2-nanometer transistors are literally smaller than our genetic code.

Sep 7

The gate-all-around transistor design breakthrough

play_review The gate-all-around design wraps the transistor's control gate around all sides of the channel to prevent electrical leaks.

Sep 7