A crisis is raging in cosmology. Or is it?

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8/4/19 Positive attitudes about aging may pay off in better health Research into the mind-body connection shows that attitude is everything when it comes to healthy aging. Read More Debate over the universe’s expansion rate may unravel physics. Is it a crisis? Measurements of the Hubble constant don’t line up. Scientists debate what that means. Read More Monkeys can use basic logic to decipher the order of items in a list Rhesus macaque monkeys don’t need rewards to learn and remember how items are ranked in a list, a mental feat that may prove handy in the wild. Read More This newfound predator may have terrorized the Cambrian seafloor A newly discovered spaceship-shaped predator raked through the Cambrian seafloor in search of food.  Read More A new study challenges the idea that the placenta has a microbiome A large study of more than 500 women finds little evidence of microbes in the placenta, contrary to previous reports on the placental microbiome.  Read More A 3-D map of stars reveals the Milky Way’s warped shape Our galaxy flaunts its curves in a chart of thousands of stars called Cepheids. Read More Pufferfish can have frenzied romantic lives, not to mention strange teeth There’s more to pufferfish than that goofy spiked balloon. Read More How a 2017 radioactive plume may be tied to Russia and nixed neutrino research A botched attempt at producing radioactive material needed for a neutrino experiment may have released ruthenium-106 to the atmosphere in 2017. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US