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Brain tissue samples suggest we stop growing new neurons in our early teens

The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation

The story begins four years ago when Schwadron and colleagues first sounded the alarm about cosmic rays. Analyzing data from the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they found that cosmic rays in the Earth-Moon system were peaking at levels never before seen in the Space Age. The worsening radiation environment, they pointed out, was a potential peril to astronauts, curtailing how long they could safely travel through space.

Scientists find odd and amazing cyclones at Jupiter’s poles

This composite image, derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter, shows the central cyclone at the planet’s north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.

Why Is China Burning Up Its Space Station in the Sky?

Microwaves across Europe are 6 minutes slow due to a Serbia-Kosovo grid dispute

Amazon admits Alexa is laughing at people and is working on a fix

‘Deep Voice’ Software Can Clone Anyone’s Voice With Just 3.7 Seconds of Audio

Google Skaffold – Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development

Skaffold is a command line tool that facilitates continuous development for Kubernetes applications. You can iterate on your application source code locally then deploy to local or remote Kubernetes clusters. Skaffold handles the workflow for building, pushing and deploying your application.

Google Engineers Think This 72-Qubit Processor Can Achieve Quantum Supremacy

Giant atom hides its neighbors under a single-electron skirt

You may be familiar with matryoshka dolls: nested sets of painted figurines that fit within painted figurines. In the case of wooden dolls, the concept is pretty straightforward: hollow out a large bit and fit smaller bits in. You might think that doing the same thing with atoms is kind of tough.