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Scientists have discovered that hard coral likes eating plastic because it’s tasty to them. More research is needed to figure out why exactly and how it affects them. [Alex Seymour, Duke University]

The new class of NASA astronauts if finally gender-balanced: 50% are women. What’s more — this class might be the one that gets to fly to Mars. (📷: @glamourmag)

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NASA announced Tuesday the discovery of an unprecedented number of planets beyond our solar system — astronomers have confirmed the existence of 1,284 new worlds orbiting distant stars.

These planets beyond our solar system — exoplanets — were discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009.

“When NASA decided to build and launch the Kepler Space Telescope, we did not know if exoplanets — especially small, rocky exoplanets — were common or rare in the galaxy,” says Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. “We now know that exoplanets are common, that most stars in our galaxy have planetary systems, and that a reasonable fraction of the stars in our galaxy have potentially habitable planets.”

NASA Spots 1,284 New Planets, Including 9 That Are ‘Potentially Habitable’

Photo: W. Stenzel/NASA

SHATTERED

Oobleck, a mixture of cornstarch and water, doesn’t react to physical stress like conventional liquids do. That’s because it’s a non-Newtonian, shear-thickening fluid, meaning that it gets thicker under pressure. In this demonstration, YouTube’s Backyard Scientist poured Oobleck into a water balloon and then shot it with a golf ball cannon. Under that much stress, the Oobleck shattered like a solid instead of deforming like a liquid.

Credit: Backyard Scientist- “How strong is Ooobleck?” 

Using the classic baking soda and vinegar demo to blow up a balloon.

GOING “GREEN” IN THE ARCTIC

The growth of vegetation in Arctic climatic regions may begin to resemble that of more temperate and tropical regions. Researchers from NASA and Boston University conducted a 30-year study based firmly on satellite information to make this assertion.

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