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NASA confirms humanity can deflect killer asteroids with rockets — but only if we have years to prepare
Roughly five months after intentionally crashing a rocket into a distant asteroid, NASA has some good news: The mission was…
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Plant/animal hybrid proteins could help crops fend off diseases
A new biological mashup just dropped. “Pikobodies,” bioengineered immune system proteins that are part plant and part animal, could help…
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Battle simmers in Illinois over plans to pipe in and store millions of tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On a subfreezing day in January, John Feltham drove his two-seat Kawasaki utility vehicle over neatly…
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‘We Are Electric’ delivers the shocking story of bioelectricty
We Are ElectricSally AdeeHachette Books, $30 It took just a 9-volt battery and a little brain zapping to turn science…
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Aerosol extinction hygroscopic growth characteristics obtained for coastal city
The extinction hygroscopic growth factor of different sources aerosol under polluted and clean background in Qingdao from Sept. 2019 to…
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Lego Ideas Tree House review
Essential info: Price: $249.99/£214.99 Model number: 21318 Number of pieces: 3,036 Dimensions: 14 x 10 x 9 inches / 37…
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Many Antarctic glaciers are hemorrhaging ice. This one is healing its cracks
Even as some parts of West Antarctica rapidly melt, raising sea level, large swaths of the ice remain stable for…
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Bald eagles are fledging fewer chicks due to avian influenza, finds study
A healthy bald eagle soars through the air. Credit: Georgia DNR Bald eagles are often touted as a massive conservation…
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Lego Ideas Vincent van Gogh – The Starry Night review
Essential info: Price: $169.99/£149.99 Model number: 21333 Number of pieces: 2,316 Dimensions: 12 x 15 x 5 inches / 30…
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Using light to connect molecules
An illustration of intracluster bond formation: a cluster containing two biomolecules is exposed to UV light (left), which drives a…
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Save $100 on the iPad Air M1, our favorite student tablet
Looking for a powerful tablet for work or play? This iPad Air M1 deal at Amazon might be just the…
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Reassessment of Storegga event: Second major landslide recognized
3D view of the Storegga landslide. Credit: Jens Karstens/GEOMAR The Storegga event is one of the largest submarine landslides known…
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Lego Ideas The Globe review
Essential info: Price: $229.99/£199.99 Model number: 21332 Number of pieces: 2,585 Dimensions: 16 x 11.5 x 10 inches / 40…
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Why seagrass needs space
Seagrass meadow. Credit: Fee Smulders and Marjolijn Christianen Seagrass: green leaves swaying in the currents. Fish weave their way through,…
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Jurassic World’s bizarre, scythe-clawed dinosaur couldn’t have been a slasher, study confirms
An illustration of Therizinosaurus, an “utterly bizarre” dinosaur with gigantic, scythe-like claws at the end of long arms. (Image credit:…
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Researchers find evolutionary selection for traits associated with immunity, metabolism in Tsimane and Moseten genomes
The Tsimane are an indigenous population in the Bolivian Amazon. Credit: Michael Gurven A team of global experts has discovered…
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Stunning gem-covered gold earrings discovered in 800-year-old hoard in Germany
A trainee metal detectorist in northern Germany recently hit on something his mentor never expected: an 800-year-old hoard of gold…
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Is biodegradable better? Making sense of ‘compostable’ plastics
Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in the environment for hundreds of years. Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water…
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Vasectomy: Procedure, risks and reversal
A vasectomy is a form of birth control for men. This minimally invasive surgical procedure prevents sperm from entering the…
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New moai statue found in Easter Island volcano crater laguna
A man looks at the moai statue discovered in a dried up laguna in a crater on the Rano Raraku…
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Guarding the genome: Researchers uncover full 3D structure of p53 protein
Deb Kelly (left), professor of biomedical engineering, director of the Center for Structural Oncology and Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics;…
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Mulching time of forest meadows influences insect diversity
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Mulching is a possible management method for forest meadows and is important to their upkeep. During…
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SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that is to fly Dragon Crew-6 to the International Space Station on the launch pad…
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Study finds political campaigns may change the choices of voters—but not their policy views
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, measures the…
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Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022
An American Airlines plane lands at Logan International Airport, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Boston. Communities around the world emitted…
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Air pollution sensor integrated and tested with commercial satellite host
The TEMPO air pollution sensor is hosted on Intelsat 40e, seen here at the Maxar Technologies facility in Palo Alto,…
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P. aeruginosa bacteria produce a molecule that paralyzes immune system cells
Human endothelial cells use the molecules cadherin (green) and actin (purple) to form a flexible barrier around blood vessels. After…
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‘Chunky dunk?’ Cleveland’s prehistoric sea monster may have been shorter, stouter than once believed
Graphical abstract showing the relative size of Dunkleosteus compared to a human figure—before and after the new calculations. Credit: Russell…
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Rare quasar triplet forms one of the most massive objects in the universe
Supercomputer simulations on Frontera reveal the origins of ultra-massive black holes, the most massive objects thought to exist in the…
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Report: New technology needed to remove greenhouse gases at scale and halt global warming impacts
Credit: Marcin Jozwiak on Unsplash The impacts of climate change are being felt around the world. Limiting global warming requires…
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Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild
The dusky tetraka is the second species to be rediscovered since 2006 in the tropical forests of northeastern Madagascar. Conservationists…
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‘A nice sign’: Big Rockies snowpack may boost Lake Mead
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s not even March yet, but the mountains that feed the Colorado River already have seen…
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Weird world of Aussie bees: How one species creates gender balance in the nest
Amphylaeus morosus. Credit: Marc Newman/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY New Flinders University research gives insights into the fascinating world of Australian…
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‘Swarmalators’ better envision synchronized microbots
Space-phase order parameter. Two of the five emergent behaviors in the original swarmalator study. a Static sync (S≈0). b Static…
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Moose could play a big role in global warming
This big boy can be responsible for huge amounts of carbon emissions, simply by eating young vegetation that sprouts after…
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On a warming planet, these Arctic geese rapidly found (and shared) a new migratory route
Pink-footed geese taking off from the roost. Credit: Jørgen Peter Kjeldsen As the planet warms, animals that breed in the…
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Study shows promising results in using the sun’s ultraviolet rays to decontaminate water at high altitudes
A, Sunlight exposure decreased the Escherichia coli concentrations to 0 CFU mL−1 in all exposed containers over 6 h. B,…
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New method can provide rapid detection of food adulteration
In the study, the scientists created and tested a method to identify vegetable oil adulterants in hard cheese products. Credit:…
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Only 2 in 5 UK businesses have introduced support to help staff with rising cost of living as operating costs rise
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals that while two-thirds of senior business…
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‘Unreal’ auroras cover Earth in stunning photo taken by NASA astronaut
When seen from Earth, auroras are nothing short of dazzling. But it takes an astronaut’s-eye view to truly appreciate how…
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Fishing for proteins: Scientists use new optical tweezer technology to study DNA repair
Kymograph showing DNA repair proteins DDB1 (blue) and DDB2 (red) bind and unbind to UV-damaged DNA separately or together (purple)…
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Unknown lineage of ice age Europeans discovered in genetic study
A previously unknown lineage of Europeans survived the coldest parts of the last ice age, only to vanish when Europe…
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Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumb trick inspires robotic exploration system for caves on Mars and beyond
One of the experimental rovers used by Fink’s team to test hardware and software related to autonomous exploration. This prototype…
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Artificial sweetener may increase risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
A popular zero-calorie sweetener is being linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study finds.…
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Team publishes study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The paleoneurologist Emiliano Bruner and the archaeologist Sileshi Semaw, both from the Centro Nacional de Investigación…
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Wreck of long-lost US World War II submarine found off Japanese coast
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a wreck off the Japanese island of Hokkaido is that of USS Albacore, one…
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Previously unknown mechanism in precision RNA cleaving by Dicer enzyme revealed
Purification of hDICER and the hDICER–RNA complex. a, The sequence of pre-let-7a-1GYM used for structural determination. b, SDS–PAGE of wild-type…
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Scientists synthesize cerium mineral that holds promise for biomedical research
The very different sizes and shapes of cerianite that have been synthesised in this study, from nano to microparticles. Credit:…
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