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Wild Theory Suggests Dark Matter Could Make Stars Immortal
Stars very close to the center of our galaxy could be fueled by dark matter in perpetuity, according to a team of astronomers who recently studied the distant light sources. The group of stars, known as S-cluster stars, is just three light-years from the center of the Milky Way (for reference, we are about 26,000
Use the ‘Pickle Jar Theory’ to Prioritize Your Tasks
Your time and energy are finite. Kinda like a pickle jar. Credit: zejnirphoto/Shutterstock Some of our greatest metaphors are about pickles. Nicki Minaj made a case for asserting herself as a woman in a male-dominated field in 2010 when she declared, “Had I accepted the pickle juice, I’d be drinking pickle juice right now,” for
Mathematical theory predicts self-organized learning in real neurons
The experimental setup. Cultured neurons grew on top of electrodes. Patterns of electrical stimulation trained the neurons to reorganize so that they could distinguish two hidden sources. Waveforms at the bottom represent the spiking responses to a sensory stimulus (red line). Credit: RIKEN An international collaboration between researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science
New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical Pacific
Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have been populated by humans in two distinct migrations beginning approximately 3,330 years ago. The first followed a northern route out of what is today the Philippines and the second followed a southern route from Taiwan and New Guinea. People arrived
A Yellowstone Fan Theory Suggests Beth Has Already Won Her Biggest Fight
When Season Four of Yellowstone wrapped up, two things were certain: Beth Dutton was a married woman (even if she wore a conjugal visit dress to her wedding) and Beth Dutton no longer worked at Market Equities. Beth has quite a reputation for leaving a company on bad terms at this point in the show's…
A Theory of Everything That Explains Away The Paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics
One of the great triumphs of modern science is the theory of quantum mechanics, one of the most successful ideas in history. Every experiment ever done is compatible with its predictions and despite numerous attempts, physicists have never been able to create conditions in which it doesn’t work. But quantum theory’s success forces physicists to…
Home References scientific theory: a chalkboard being drawn on. (Image credit: Witthaya Prasongsin via Getty Images) A scientific theory is a structured explanation to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world that often incorporates a scientific hypothesis and scientific laws. The scientific definition of a theory contrasts with the definition most…
Black Hole Theory Finally Explains How Galaxies Form
One of the great mysteries in astronomy is how galaxies form. At issue is why stars gather into “island universes” rather than spreading out evenly through the universe. One clue comes from the observation that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers. That has led to the proposal that galaxies form around black…