Jupiter stuns in new images

"NASA's Juno spacecraft traveled 1.7 billion miles over five years to reach Jupiter's orbit. The long trip was worth it. Since 2016, the orbiter's JunoCam instrument has captured spectacular images of the gas giant. The latest batch of shots is no exception and could be some of the most captivating. The images include contributions from citizen scientists and space enthusiasts who use JunoCam's publicly available raw images to process into image products."

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Nearly a century ago, American chestnut trees died off. Now, hikers can walk among them again.

"While the hiking in Lesesne State Forest is limited to gated roads like the one we're on, it's a worthy place for a stroll. In the 1970s, the Virginia Department of Forestry planted an orchard of American chestnut trees here, and it remains the largest and oldest experimental planting of the species in the U.S., according to Cassie Stark, regional science coordinator for the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF). In addition to the orchard, the 422-acre Lesesne holds about 30 acres of natural, second-growth woods anchored by American chestnut trees. Some are upward of 60 years old and produce famously delicious wild nuts that few living people beyond foresters, researchers, and volunteers have ever tasted."

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How super recognizers see what the rest of us miss

"Some people never forget a face. A brief encounter at a party can be enough for them to imprint that person's visage in their minds so indelibly that they recognize it years later — enough even to pick the person out in a sea of faces on a city street. People with this uncanny ability are known as super-recognizers. They make up 1–2% of the population, and their talents are thought to be inherited through genetics rather than learned. It's a skill that is in demand. Super-recognizers are better than AI at many facial recognition tasks, and people who score highly on facial recognition tests can get professionally licensed, which allows them to work with law enforcement."

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World's first glimpse inside nature's hardest-hitting bird

"Don't be fooled by that soft-looking down and pretty faces — woodpeckers are tough, tree-pounding beasts who simultaneously harden their whole bodies like a hammer and grunt as they drill away with force of up to 30 times their weight. Brown University researchers were interested in finding out what was happening not just in a woodpecker's skull but across its whole body when in action. We know a fair bit about how the bird's morphology prevents head injury when pecking at up to 20 ft/s (6 m/s), with a deceleration more than 1,000 times that of gravity. And how its super-long tongue will retract and wrap around its brain when not in use, for extra shock absorption. However, most studies have concentrated on the mechanics of the beak and head. 'We're left to wonder, where does all the power come from?' said study co-author Matthew Fuxjager … 'Where does the protection come from? Those questions stimulated our study, which took a more whole-body approach.'"

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