People Love the Brain for the Wrong Reasons

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December 10, 2021

Neuroscience People Love the Brain for the Wrong Reasons Our fascination with brain-based explanations of psychology arises from intuitive ideas about the separation of mind and body—ideas unsupported by science By Iris Berent

Quantum Physics Reprogrammable Eutelsat Quantum Satellite Shifts Missions on the Fly A new type of satellite opens mobile possibilities By Dhananjay Khadilkar

Astrophysics NASA Launches IXPE, a New X-ray Space Telescope The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer will probe the physics behind black holes, neutron stars and other dynamic cosmic objects By Amy Thompson,SPACE.com

Robotics Evolution Gym Sculpts Novel Robot Bodies and Brains The virtual robots look weird, but they get the job done By Prachi Patel

Diversity Once Shunned in Antarctica, Female Scientists Are Now Doing Crucial Polar Research Women are investigating critical climate crisis problems such as the stability of giant ice sheets By Naomi Oreskes

Vaccines Omicron Is Likely to Weaken COVID Vaccine Protection--but Boosters Could Restore It The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Creativity Spark Creativity with Thomas Edison's Napping Technique Waking yourself from the twilight state just before sleep may help you to solve a challenging problem, a study shows By Bret Stetka

Natural Disasters Deadly Indonesia Eruption Was Triggered by Heavy Rains External influences on volcanoes can make predicting unrest more difficult By Heather Handley,The Conversation US

Public Health COVID Variants Hint at How the Virus Will Evolve The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Climate Change An International Institute Will Help Us Manage Climate Change A collaborative center will help climate scientists build better models for prevention and mitigation By Sabine Hossenfelder,Tim Palmer

Behavior This Protein Could Boost Brain Function without Exercise An exercise pill might one day produce health gains without the exertional pain By Emily Willingham

Animals To See Where a Whale Has Been, Look in Its Mouth The baleen that hangs from the jaws of some whale species contains clues about their migrations and diets By Jack Tamisiea

Quantum Physics In a First, Physicists Glimpse a Quantum Ghost After a decade of work, researchers have achieved the first ever experimental reconstruction of a quantum wave function By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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