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March 25, 2024

An illustration of Columbus predicting a lunar eclipse to trick the Taino people into providing his crew with food and supplies. Credit: Popular Astronomy (1879) by Camille Palmerion, via Wikimedia

"The spirit of the ghost took the spirit of the moon": this is how the residents of the Torres Strait anticipate eclipses.

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Early in the morning a lunar eclipse is visible from Israel. In two weeks, a total solar eclipse will be visible from the US. As eclipse season begins, researchers explain the use of knowledge about them in ancient cultures
A fitness pill. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

New 'workout pill' can cause fitness benefits without exercise

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Researchers report new compounds that appear to be able to mimic the physical drive of exercise—at least in rodent cells. This discovery could lead to a new way to treat muscular dystrophy and other medical conditions in humans, including heart failure and neurodegenerative diseases
The study of gravity using gravitational waves. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

The quest for the theory of everything - scientists examine Einstein using the many data obtained from gravitational wave observations

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A research partnership between theoretical physicists and computational physicists at the University of Virginia that may offer new insight into the possibility of a theory of everything or, at the very least, a better understanding of gravity, one of the fundamental forces of the universe
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