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Drowsy driver (Joonas Tikkanen/CC BY-ND 2.0 via Flickr)

Car Vibrations May Induce Drowsy Driving

July 10, 2018

Researchers in Australia have found that an automobile’s natural vibrations can make drivers sleepy, increasing the risk of what is called “drowsy driving.” A 2015 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found, in the United States alone, that drowsy driving was responsible for 72,000 police-reported crashes. From these accidents, 41,000 people were injured and more than […]

A Gravitationally-lensed distant galaxy. (Vieira et al., ALMA (ESO, NAOJ, NRAO), NASA, NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Science Scanner: Monster Galaxy; Mars Missions On Vacation

June 8, 2015

Monster Galaxy Found Near Edge of Universe A group of researchers imaged a “monstrous galaxy” – SDP.81, located some 11.7 billion light-years from Earth, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile and a natural magnification method called “gravitational lensing.” The researchers used the gravity of a massive galaxy 3.4 billion light-years away to […]

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