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In our Solar System, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation.Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all orbit in the same direction.This invariable plane, as it's known, also has an orientation within a few degrees of the Sun's rotational plane.Most planetary systems have a similar arrangement, where planetary orbits and stellar rotation are roughly aligned.

Gordon Moore, the legendary Intel Corp. co-founder who predicted the growth of the semiconductor industry, smiles during a news conference in 2001.Ben Margot/AP SAN FRANCISCO Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died.

What looks like a pin-headed critter on the right is actually a larval version of the fruit fly on the left.Both have remarkably complex brains, scientists say, with different regions devoted to decision-making, learning and navigation.Ed Reschke/Getty Images Scientists have created the first detailed wiring diagram of an insect brain.

What astronomers thought was one of the oldest galaxies in the universe is actually two of them, according to new images from the James Webb Space Telescope.A decade ago, Johns Hopkins University astronomer Dan Coe spotted a faint, distant galaxy called MACS0647-JD in images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Legislation making firearms legal on college campuses is waiting to be signed into law by West Virginia's Republican governor.The state's House of Delegates passed the Campus Self-Defense Act Tuesday.Thirteen Democrats argued that research from Johns Hopkins University indicated firearms make schools less safe.

Crossword puzzles, sudoku, ken-ken - all these games purportedly help keep the mind young and nimble.There's just one drawback to these activities: They're largely solitary.Study after study shows that community is as important to cognitive health as diet and exercise.In fact, isolation can even increase a person's risk for dementia.

This month's train derailment in Ohio unleashed toxic fumes into the air around East Palestine.NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Johns Hopkins expert Peter DeCarlo about safety concerns.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: So we heard the reassurances of the EPA, that people can smell chemicals, but it's not enough to be dangerous.

Visitors pose for photos outside the Disney Resort theme park, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Shanghai.Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 in China's largest city remain at zero following a more than two-month lockdown.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week.In this issue, economist Steve Hanke calls to dollarize Argentina, Bitcoin City plans are still not formalized in El Salvador, and Venezuelan crypto watchdog Sunacrip is allegedly involved in mass layoffs.

Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died.He was 94.Moore died Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to Intel and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that they filed a statement of interest to "explain the application of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to lenders relying on discriminatory home appraisals."

WASHINGTON  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made a surprising discovery as it peered into the ancient depths of the universe: a "cosmic knot" of massive galaxies forming around an extremely red quasar that existed billions of years ago.A quasar forms as gas falls into a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy, making it shine brighter than all the galaxy's stars.

A new field of research dubbed "organoid intelligence" is emerging as scientists look to build computers from lumps of brain cells grown in a petri dish.These organoids are cultured from stem cells harvested from skin samples, and are tiny lumps of brain cells containing a jumble of neurons.

Yusuf Kocaoglu stands in the wreckage of buildings damaged by the earthquake in Antakya, Turkey, as he tries to walk through the city where he used to give history tours.Claire Harbage/NPR ANTAKYA, Turkey Yusuf Kocaoglu, a professional guide, leads us on a tour he never wanted to give.The site of ancient Antioch a crossroads of civilizations and a modern tourist and religious pilgrimage destination in southern Turkey is one of the cities left most devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and Syria.

Law NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jules Gill-Peterson of Johns Hopkins University about the long history of laws targeting drag in the U.S. Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor.

If recent news headlines have left you typing what is the debt ceiling or why does the debt ceiling matter into Google's search bar, you're not alone.The federal government reached its self-imposed $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on January 19, and some House Republicans are threatening to not raise this limit unless Democrats agree to make major spending cuts-something the White House says it won't do.

For the first time, a new gene editing technology called base editing was used to modify immune cells and successfully treat a teen with treatment-resistant leukemia.A month afterward, 13-year-old Alyssa was in remission, and she continues to do well several months later.The treatment is a modification of chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR, T-cell therapy.

Apple says it will provide end-to-end encryption for most iCloud services, having abandoned its previously announced - and then quietly shelved - plan to check the legality of on-device photos prior to cloud synchronization.Cupertino announced three security enhancements on Wednesday, one of which it calls Advanced Data Protection.