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Psychology

Striking moments make previous memories stronger

Emotional events help solidify memories. The findings may one day help students study or trauma survivors recover.

Physics

Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

Planetary Science

Dwarf planet Makemake sports the most remote gas in the solar system

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Earth

Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.