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zmescience.com > science > news-science > how-much-sleep-do-you-need-turns-out-its-probably-not-8-hours

How Much Sleep Do You Need? Turns Out, It's Probably Not 8 Hours

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (243+ words) A study found the optimal amount between 6.4 and 7.8 hours. Others say more....

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zmescience.com > science > news-science > meteor-crash-marsquakes

A Meteor Crashed Into Mars and Sent Shockwaves Racing Across the Planet. It Apparently Happens More Often Than We Thought

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (323+ words) There's a hidden "seismic highway" beneath Mars' surface. On February 19, 2021, a rock from space slammed into Mars, carving a 21.5-meter-wide crater and sending seismic waves rippling across the planet. These waves traveled exactly 1,640 kilometers before reaching NASA’s InSight lander, which…...

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zmescience.com > science > a-polynesian-lunar-calendar-may-also-be-a-map-of-an-epic-human-migration

A Polynesian Lunar Calendar May Also Be a Map of an Epic Human Migration

12+ hour, 59+ min ago   (649+ words) Moon-night reveal traces of one of the greatest migrations in human history....

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zmescience.com > science > news-science > a-comet-photobombed-a-powerful-telescope-and-revealed-something-astronomers-rarely-see

A Comet Photobombed a Powerful Telescope and Revealed Something Astronomers Rarely See

15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (540+ words) The accidental image exposed a comet surface unlike the asteroids it resembles. The accidental appearance of Comet 28P/Neujmin by the Subaru Telescope gave researchers a rare look directly at its solid nucleus. It also showed astronomers something they weren’t expecting....

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zmescience.com > science > connor-hill-missing-math

Meet Connor Hill, the 17-Year-Old Who Found 85 New "Noble" Mathematical Shapes That Everyone Was Missing

16+ hour, 29+ min ago   (277+ words) His computer-assisted proof completed a geometry catalogue left unfinished for more than a century....

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zmescience.com > science > psychology-science > invisible-white-light-cooling

Invisible Changes to White Light Made Rooms Feel Cooler and Could Cut AC Energy Use by Up to 11.4%

16+ hour, 53+ min ago   (63+ words) A novel experiment suggests light spectra could subtly widen thermostat comfort zones....

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zmescience.com > science > news-science > a-japanese-engineer-connected-1500-boxes-of-soil-to-power-800-leds

A Japanese Engineer Connected 1,500 Boxes of Soil to Power 800 LEDs

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (973+ words) Can we use soil to generate electricity? Yes we can, but it will have a different use case. A small laboratory in Japan is glowing at night, but its electricity isn’t coming from the grid. Instead, about 1,500 wooden boxes filled…...

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zmescience.com > science > archaeology > stone-age-hunters-reach-malta

Europe’s Stone Age Hunters Crossed Open Sea to Malta Thousands of Years Before Sails Were Invented

18+ hour, 39+ min ago   (669+ words) People reached the Mediterranean island at least 8,500 years ago....

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zmescience.com > ecology > animals-ecology > how-do-birds-find-bird-feeders-mostly-by-watching-each-other

How Do Birds Find Bird Feeders? Mostly by Watching Each Other

20+ hour, 7+ min ago   (116+ words) An empty feeder is not the birds ignoring you. There's more to it....

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zmescience.com > science > geology > thunderstorms-create-tiny-quakes-that-can-reveal-what-lies-underground

Thunderstorms Create Tiny Quakes That Can Reveal What Lies Underground

20+ hour, 33+ min ago   (579+ words) Buried fiber-optic cables turned 458 thunderquakes into a map of hidden weak rock. During a thunderstorm, each clap hits against the surface, sending faint vibrations through soil and rock. Beneath Penn State’s University Park campus, an ordinary telecommunications cable felt those…...