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This Week in Science: A Doggie Spacesuit, Mysteriously Moving Rocks, And Radioactive Boar
Seven days; lots of science in the news. Here’s our roundup of this week’s most notable and quotable items: Something like real-life telepathy is within our reach now; this week two people 5,000 miles apart had direct brain-to-brain communication. For days, lava has spewed from the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, but thankfully there has been no ash, which would threaten to shut down much of Europe’s airspace. Scientists have determined finally how rocks weighing hundreds of pounds move in Death Valley. Astronomers have created a stunning new 3-D map of the galactic supercluster Laniakea, home to our own Milky Way galaxy and at least a hundred thousand others. NASA wants your predictions on the state of exploration a decade from now to include in a time capsule aboard the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft. Over in Europe, it was announced that a doggie cosmonaut spacesuit is going up for auction next week. Although America still reigns as the most obese country in the world, we are eating slightly healthier these days. Viewing habits could be a contributing factor, though; new research indicates that watching action films inspires people to consume more food. Google is investing in eternal life—or at least building a new research facility for Calico, their anti-aging biotech R&D company. Mexico presented its first litter of gray wolf pups conceived by artificial insemination; …
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