Vishay Singh

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Author Vishay Singh

Adelie penguins. Credit: Jean Pennycook By: Lishka Arata Many things distinguish penguins from rocks. There’s color difference (usually), behavior (penguins waddle, rocks don’t), social structure (rocks don’t have one) — the list goes on. But why might someone need to distinguish between rocks and penguins? It’s a skill central to a long-term project that relies on citizen scientists, working from the comfort of their homes, to identify penguins in photographs take ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

LSD (in blue) fitting into a serotonin receptor (white ribbon). (Credit: Bryan Roth) Two studies looking at one crucial receptor in our brains give different insights into the psychedelic effects of LSD. Two separate teams of researchers publishing papers today in Cell examined how LSD binds to serotonin receptors in our brains and what the consequences of those reactions are. Their results offer an explanation for two hallmarks of LSD use: Its long-lasting effects and apparent ability to ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

(Credit: Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock) A week hasn’t even passed since the inauguration, but television news is saturated with the flurry of activity from President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump, via Twitter, promised to launch an investigation into illegal voting and threatened to “send in the Feds” if Chicago police can’t fix the “carnage.” And that was just between Tuesday and Wednesday. This heightened scrutiny compelled the Internet Archive, a ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

Astronaut Chris Ferguson looks like a man on a mission in the new suit. (Credit: Boeing) NASA’s astronauts will be looking a little blue in the near future—because of their striking new attire. Boeing has introduced a line of sleeker, smarter and perhaps most-noticeably, bluer spacewear. The suits, nick-named the “Boeing Blues,” were designed specifically for those currently being trained for flight in Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX Dragon capsules &ndash ...read more