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June 09, 2023

Mental Illness How Dreams Reveal Brain Disorders Examining dream content can assist in the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurological illnesses. What does fighting off a lion mean? By Marie-Neige Cordonnier

Natural Disasters How Long Will Wildfire Smoke Last, and Where Will It Spread? Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief By Meghan Bartels,Andrea Thompson

Planetary Science Newfound 'Quasi-Moon' Has Been Earth's Fellow Traveler for Thousands of Years Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth By Kiley Price,LiveScience

Conservation Colombia's 'Cocaine Hippo' Population Is Even Bigger Than Scientists Thought The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated By Luke Taylor,Nature magazine

Astronomy Why Venus Is So Bright Right Now Our planetary neighbor Venus becomes a brilliant beacon in the sky each time it reaches its greatest orbital distance from the sun By Phil Plait

Mental Health Does Brain Stimulation Boost Memory and Focus? Huge Study Tries to Settle Debate Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works By Emily Waltz,Nature magazine

Particle Physics The Weirdest Particles in the Universe Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics By Clara Moskowitz

Mathematics Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it's a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries By Manon Bischoff

Pollution How to Use the Air Quality Index Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here's what those air quality alerts mean By Stephanie Pappas

Animals Octopuses Redesign Their Own Brains When They Get Chilly Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder, when scientists found they can recode their brains when temperatures change By Rachel Nuwer

Anthropology This Small-Brained Human Species May Have Buried Its Dead, Controlled Fire and Made Art Extraordinary claims about the small-brained human relative Homo naledi challenge prevailing view of cognitive evolution By Kate Wong

Mathematics Pioneering Advanced Math from Behind Bars Math research gives meaning to years spent in prison  By Amory Tillinghast-Raby

BRING SCIENCE HOME Sunset Colors in a Glass Why is the sky blue during the day--but can be a beautiful rainbow of colors at sunset? Grab a flashlight and get ready to make your own sunset to find out!  Credit: George Retseck Have you ever watched a sunset and wondered why the sky suddenly changes from blue to orange and red? Even during the day the sky can have multiple colors ranging from bright blue to gray or white. Where do these colors come from? In this activity you will find out—and simulate your own sunset in a glass! Ready to watch the sun go down?

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