Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive[1]. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.
I am a neuroscientist[2] who studies how brain cells drive visual...
There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth[1]. Most of them, like the International Space Station[2] and the Hubble Telescope[3], reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface.
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO – SpaceX’s Starlink...
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People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion[1] or performance. In this view, scientists simply discover truth, and truth speaks for itself[2].
But history tells a different story. Scientific theories do not simply reveal themselves; they compete for attention, credibility and uptake. U.S. Supreme Court...