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  • Astronomers Haven’t Been This Giddy in Years

    The James Webb Space Telescope’s first full-color images, set to be released in days, will signal the start of a new era in space science.

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  • The long-run effects of pandemics on inflation: Why this time may be different

    How did past major pandemics affect inflation dynamics? This column estimates the long-run effects of pandemics on trend inflation in Europe using historical data since the 14th century.

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  • 100,000 Stars

    Take a tour of the Stars

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  • SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank

    There is strong evidence for brain-related abnormalities in COVID-19. It remains unknown however whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection can be detected in milder cases, and whether this can reveal possible mechanisms contributing to brain pathology.

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  • AI Is Helping Scientists Explain the Brain

    But what if it’s telling them a false story?

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  • A beginner’s guide to Zambonis

    Few innovations in sports technology have changed ice skating like the Zamboni has. Luckily, Frank Zamboni realized that the ice resurfacing process, which was originally done by hand and could take up to 90 minutes, could be mechanized.

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  • How Can Gaming Help Test Your Theory?

    Taken form a December 3, 2015, panel on “Testing Hypotheses: Escalation and Deterrence in Cyberspace,” at the Cyberspace and Deterrence Academic and Inter-Agency Symposium at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C

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  • The Math of Living Things

    Exploring the intersection of physical and biological laws.

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  • Cultivated meat: Out of the lab, into the frying pan

    Making cultivated meat a $25 billion global industry by 2030 presents opportunities within and beyond today’s food industry.

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  • Exploring the Brain Activity Related to Missing Penalty Kicks: An fNIRS Study

    At vital moments in professional soccer matches, penalties were often missed. Psychological factors, such as anxiety and pressure, are among the critical causes of the mistakes, commonly known as choking under pressure. Nevertheless, the factors have not been fully explored. In this study, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the influence of the brain on this process.

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