Solar Parking Lots Are a Win-Win Energy Idea. Why Aren't They the Norm?

Covering parking lots makes both renewable energy and a more pleasant parking experience.

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Can isolation cure your loneliness?

Isolation and loneliness are often synonymously used words for depicting a grimmer and bleak emotion. Many individuals believe that isolation serves as a breeding ground for loneliness to mushroom, ultimately overpowering an individual’s emotions. But contrary to this notion, it is opined that embracing social isolation for a temporary period can help you at some times when you feel lonely. Though it may sound strange, the feeling of loneliness has nothing to do with isolation.

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Space mission shows Earth's water may be from asteroids: study

Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission. In a quest to shed light on the origins of life and the formation of the universe, researchers are scrutinising material brought back to earth in 2020 from the asteroid Ryugu.

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You've seen some spectacular James Webb telescope images — but you haven't seen this one

The adolescent phase of the universe was much more complex than imagined, detailed snapshots of the early cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal. "There are many more galaxies with obvious disks, bulges, spiral arms … appearing earlier in cosmic time than we thought," Karl Glazebrook says.

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This Metal-Rich, Potato-Shaped Asteroid Could Be Worth $10 Quintillion

In August, NASA is sending an orbiter to the space object, which may be the partial remains of planet-forming material made of nickel and iron

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Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works

Self-supervised learning allows a neural network to figure out for itself what matters. The process might be what makes our own brains so successful.

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Hubble's Closeup of The Orion Nebula Looks Like a Surreal Dreamscape

One of the most beautiful and spectacular regions of the night sky can be found in the constellation of Orion.

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