ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/07/2020

Payloads NRCSD-18 Install to Slide Table:  In preparation for the NanoRacks Cubesat Deployer – mission 18…

Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds

Many animals move their ears to better focus their attention on a novel sound. That humans…

Desk-based jobs may offer protection against poor cognition in later life

People who work in jobs that require less physical activity – typically office and desk-based jobs…

1.5 billion people will depend on water from mountains

Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can…

Agriculture – a climate villain? Maybe not!

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main…

Dopamine neurons mull over your options

Researchers have found that dopamine neurons in the brain can represent the decision-making process when making…

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Commerce-Justice-Science Funding Bill

Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Commerce-Justice-Science Funding Bill Click here for original story,…

PIA23997: Daedalia Planum Windstreak

           Target: Mars Mission:  2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument:  THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Click here…

COVID-related discrimination disproportionately impacts racial minorities

Discrimination by someone who perceives you to be infected with coronavirus is an experience nearly a…

Dozens of endangered dorcas gazelles killed by poachers in Niger

Around 40 dorcas gazelles, an endangered species, have been slaughtered by poachers in one of Africa’s…