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Planetary Science

The ice of a distant moon

Jupiter’s moon Europa hides a liquid ocean, and conceivably life, under kilometers of ice. The challenge for engineers is how to penetrate that frozen barrier with technology that can be launched into space and operated remotely.

Neuroscience

Young rats that use their brain keep more cells alive

Learning a task helps just-born cells survive in a learning and memory center of the rat brain.

Physics

Exciton

Getting excited can kick a person’s energy to a higher level. At the nanoscale, strange almost-particles called excitons do the same trick.

Psychology

Basketball players richly rewarded for selfishness in playoffs

Future paychecks trip up teamwork in NBA championship tournament.