What Do Astronomers Say About Moon Landing Deniers?

Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin planted the U.S. flag on the Moon on July 20, 1969

What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Back in 1969 – more than a half-century […]

What Do Astronomers Say About Moon Landing Deniers?

Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets

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What do astronomers have to say about the Moon landing conspiracy theories? – Prisha M., age 14, Mumbai, India Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Back in 1969 – more than a half-century

Is it Really Hotter Now Than Any Time in 100,000 Years?

Heat Wave

As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before? Globally, 2023 has seen some of the hottest days in modern measurements, but what about farther back, before weather

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As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before? Globally, 2023 has seen some of the hottest days in modern measurements, but what about farther back, before weather

Female Physicists Aren’t Represented in the Media – And This Lack of Representation Hurts the Physics Field

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Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. But while the Manhattan Project wouldn’t have been possible without the work of many accomplished female scientists, the only women seen in the movie’s trailer

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Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. But while the Manhattan Project wouldn’t have been possible without the work of many accomplished female scientists, the only women seen in the movie’s trailer

Do You Crush Microbes When You Step on Them?

Do you crush microbes when you step on them?

Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on? – Ryan L., age 12, Chapel Hill, North Carolin Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. When you step

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Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on? – Ryan L., age 12, Chapel Hill, North Carolin Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. When you step

A New, Thin-Lensed Telescope Design Could Far Surpass James Webb – Goodbye Mirrors, Hello Diffractive Lenses

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Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will likely need more powerful telescopes than exist today. I am an astronomer who studies astrobiology and planets

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Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will likely need more powerful telescopes than exist today. I am an astronomer who studies astrobiology and planets

Not All Repellents are Equal

Here’s How to Avoid Mosquito Bites This Summer

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Now that summer is in full swing, mosquitoes have come out across the United States. The use of mosquito repellents can protect both your health and sanity this summer. While mosquitoes leave bothersome, itchy bites on your skin, they can also pose a serious and sometimes deadly risk to your

Not All Repellents are Equal

Here’s How to Avoid Mosquito Bites This Summer

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Now that summer is in full swing, mosquitoes have come out across the United States. The use of mosquito repellents can protect both your health and sanity this summer. While mosquitoes leave bothersome, itchy bites on your skin, they can also pose a serious and sometimes deadly risk to your

Fiber is Your Body’s Natural Guide to Weight Management

Rather Than Cutting Carbs Out of Your Diet, Eat Them in Their Original Fiber Packaging Instead

Foods

Fiber might just be the key to healthy weight management – and nature packages it in perfectly balanced ratios with carbs when you eat them as whole foods. Think unprocessed fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Research suggests that carbohydrates are meant to come packaged in nature-balanced ratios

Fiber is Your Body’s Natural Guide to Weight Management

Rather Than Cutting Carbs Out of Your Diet, Eat Them in Their Original Fiber Packaging Instead

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Fiber might just be the key to healthy weight management – and nature packages it in perfectly balanced ratios with carbs when you eat them as whole foods. Think unprocessed fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds. Research suggests that carbohydrates are meant to come packaged in nature-balanced ratios

Can We Train Our Taste Buds For Health?

A Neuroscientist Explains How Genes And Diet Shape Taste

tantalizing taste buds

Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions necessary to detect sugar molecules. Like hummingbirds, we humans can sense sugar because our DNA contains gene sequences coding for the molecular

Can We Train Our Taste Buds For Health?

A Neuroscientist Explains How Genes And Diet Shape Taste

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Have you ever wondered why only hummingbirds sip nectar from feeders? Unlike sparrows, finches and most other birds, hummingbirds can taste sweetness because they carry the genetic instructions necessary to detect sugar molecules. Like hummingbirds, we humans can sense sugar because our DNA contains gene sequences coding for the molecular

Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid

This common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists

Glass molting

Glass is a material of many faces: It is both ancient and modern, strong yet delicate, and able to adopt almost any shape or color. These properties of glass are why people use it to make everything from smartphone screens and fiber-optic cables to vials that hold vaccines. Humankind has been using glass in some fashion

Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid

This common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists

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Glass is a material of many faces: It is both ancient and modern, strong yet delicate, and able to adopt almost any shape or color. These properties of glass are why people use it to make everything from smartphone screens and fiber-optic cables to vials that hold vaccines. Humankind has been using glass in some fashion

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