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A ‘Lost’ Neptune-Like Planet Has Finally Been Found
It’s gotta be hard to be an exoplanet these days, living in the shadow of the everyone’s new favourite system, TRAPPIST-1. But the reality is, there are a ton of exoplanets that deserve our love — according to NASA, as of last month, 3472 exoplanets have been confirmed. Many more are out there, waiting for…
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Physicists Use Lasers To Chill The World’s Coldest Molecules
If you thought last winter was cold, you should stay as far away from magneto-optical trapping as possible. Yale physicists recently used this technique to cool a molecule of strontium monoflouride down to 2.5 thousandths of a degree above absolute zero. That makes them the world’s coldest molecules.
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A Flaw In One Gene May Smooth Your Brain And Make You Less Smart
A single gene may alter the shape of your brain and determine your intelligence according to new research from the Yale School of Medicine.