April 1, 2016
Millions of people around the world are affected by common mental disorders such as depression, emotional stress and suicidal tendencies at some point in their life. Even in the most developed nations, these conditions can go untreated and in some cases, undiagnosed. The so-called "treatment gap" - where people needing treatment do not get it - is particularly large in India. In some rural are
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April 1, 2016
A flash of light caught on film shows the giant planet getting smacked by an asteroid or comet. It appears Jupiter is a glutton for punishment. On March 17 the gas giant planet was pummeled by a speeding space rock, and backyard skywatchers happened to capture the cosmic violence at the moment of impact. The sighting is the latest in a rash of impacts seen on Jupiter: Amateur astronomers ca
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April 1, 2016
The United States signed a new partner to expand the search for gravitational waves, ripples in the interwoven fabric of space and time set off by the motions of massive objects, like merging black holes. A century after gravitational waves were proposed by Albert Einstein, confirmation of their existence came in February from the National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometer Gravitatio
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April 1, 2016
They may be separated by an ocean, but birds in the US and Europe are responding to climate change in a surprisingly similar way: winners are outperforming losers to a comparable degree. Some of the biggest winners in the US include Cassin’s kingbird, the Anhinga and the orchard oriole. Losers include the Canada warbler, the white-throated sparrow and the common grackle. In Europe, it’s sp
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April 1, 2016
Yuval Roth woke at the crack of dawn to drive his large, white van from his home on Israel’s Mediterranean coast to Checkpoint 300, the main passageway leading from Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem to Israeli-controlled Jerusalem. On this gray winter morning, Mr. Roth’s mission is to drive 3-month-old Muhammad Dajani, a Palestinian baby with a congenital heart condition, and his father to
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April 1, 2016
Millions of people around the world are affected by common mental disorders such as depression, emotional stress and suicidal tendencies at some point in their life. Even in the most developed nations, these conditions can go untreated and in some cases, undiagnosed. The so-called "treatment gap" -
[ read more ]
April 1, 2016
A flash of light caught on film shows the giant planet getting smacked by an asteroid or comet. It appears Jupiter is a glutton for punishment. On March 17 the gas giant planet was pummeled by a speeding space rock, and backyard skywatchers happened to capture the cosmic violence at the moment
[ read more ]
April 1, 2016
The United States signed a new partner to expand the search for gravitational waves, ripples in the interwoven fabric of space and time set off by the motions of massive objects, like merging black holes. A century after gravitational waves were proposed by Albert Einstein, confirmation of their
[ read more ]
April 1, 2016
They may be separated by an ocean, but birds in the US and Europe are responding to climate change in a surprisingly similar way: winners are outperforming losers to a comparable degree. Some of the biggest winners in the US include Cassin’s kingbird, the Anhinga and the orchard oriole. Losers
[ read more ]
April 1, 2016
Yuval Roth woke at the crack of dawn to drive his large, white van from his home on Israel’s Mediterranean coast to Checkpoint 300, the main passageway leading from Palestinian-controlled Bethlehem to Israeli-controlled Jerusalem. On this gray winter morning, Mr. Roth’s mission is to drive
[ read more ]
