What Is mGluR5 and How Is It Linked to Autism?
mGluR5 is a metabotropic glutamate receptor that modulates how neurons respond to the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. A Yale-led brain imaging…
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Why Do Cats Purr (And What It Means)?
Cats purr because rhythmic activity in the voice box makes the vocal folds vibrate at low frequencies as the cat…
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How Much Oil Has Been Extracted From The Ground And What Would It Fill?
It is literally impossible to put all the oil humanity has ever extracted into a single container, but we can…
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What Is the “Dark Photon” Theory of Light and Does It Upend Quantum Mechanics?
The “dark photon” theory of light, as described in recent viral posts, is not a new particle and it does…
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3I/ATLAS Observations: Interstellar Comets Become Routine
A dirty snowball from another star system is cruising past at nearly twice Earth-Sun distance, and about twenty different teams…
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What Are Cosmic Rays and How Are They Defined?
Cosmic rays are not a special new kind of particle. They are mostly high-energy charged particles, primarily protons and atomic…
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How Legionnaires’ Disease Spreads and How to Prevent It
Legionnaires’ disease spreads when people inhale tiny water droplets that contain Legionella bacteria, most often from large water systems such…
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Bomb Cyclone vs Hurricane: What’s the Difference?
A bomb cyclone is a rapidly intensifying extratropical low-pressure system, while a hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms over…
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And God Created Woman: How a Melodrama Hacked Celebrity
A programmer’s way to watch And God Created Woman is to ask: if this exact script shipped today, without Brigitte…
