Charles Q. Choi
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- Aug 30, 2026
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How many cosmic particles are passing through your body at any moment? (opens the original)
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Every second of every day, Earth is bombarded by particles from outer space. Some of these particles are obstructed by our planet's atmosphere but can spray down other particles, while others can zoom through the atmosphere and easily pass through anything, including us. You won't feel these particles darting through you, but it raises a question: How many cosmic particles are actually passing through your body at any moment? The most common particles that stream through us from outer space are
Why do cats have 'leg whiskers'? (opens the original)
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Here's why 'leg whiskers' are useful to cats and other animals.
Scientists discover 2 new 'ghost' lineages that contributed DNA to modern humans (opens the original)
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A new method of analyzing modern humans' DNA is revealing secrets about our extinct ancestors.
Are quasiparticles real? (opens the original)
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Beyond familiar particles such as electrons and protons, scientists have discovered a zoo of "quasiparticles" with exotic names, such as magnons, angulons, dropletons and polaritons. But what are quasiparticles, exactly? And given the "quasi" in their name, are they considered real particles? One way to understand quasiparticles is to explore what a particle is. The standard mental picture of a particle "is of a discrete object, like a ball," Douglas Natelson, a condensed matter physicist at Ric
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