Can You Supercharge Your Brain With Electricty?
Applying mild electrical currents to your head could take away pain, help memory and improve attention – and the US military is very interested. Emma Young reports. In the summer of 2010, Ryan Clark twisted his ankle during a gym class. It was painful, but inconvenient more than anything. He was put on crutches for…
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Solar Winds From Red Dwarfs May Be Sterilizing Habitable Zone Planets
Red dwarfs stars, the most common stars in the galaxy, are bathing planets in their habitable zones with potentially deadly stellar winds, a finding that could have an impact on finding life beyond Earth. About 70% of stars are red dwarfs, or M-type stars, which are cooler and smaller than the sun. Any red dwarf…
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