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For over three decades, toxic proteins were believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. However, recent studies suggest it might be metabolic reprogramming.
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The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.
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Even though the brain is only 2% of our total body mass, it consumes up to 25% of our energy.
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More than any other of Einstein’s equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
After 15 years of monitoring 68 objects known as millisecond pulsars, we’ve found the Universe’s background gravitational wave signal!
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