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U.S.-China Friction Threatens to Undercut the Fight Against Climate Change

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Distrust between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters threatens to slow global action on climate change precisely at a time when the risks of climate catastrophe are rising.

Matter: The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.

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In some ways, the planet's worst mass extinction - 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period - may parallel climate change today.

Researchers Decry "Misrepresented" Findings in Fuel-Efficiency Rollback Plan

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The Trump administration analysis to justify the rule change made several major errors, a new study says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

China Launches First-Ever Mission to the Moon's Farside

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In late December or early January the Chang’e 4 spacecraft will touch down at a site near the lunar south pole within the solar system’s largest-known impact crater -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

China's Chang'e-4 Lander Launches on Mission to the Moon

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If the mission is successful, the spacecraft would be the first in human history to land on the moon's far side.

P.M. Forni, Who Argued for 'Choosing Civility,' Dies at 67

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In two books he wrote about rudeness and how to avoid it. He also started a program to encourage the practice of good manners.

Trilobites: The Genes That Make Parrots Into the Humans of the Bird World

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Long-lived and clever parrots may be as different genetically from other birds as humans are from other primates.

Why Is Obamacare Enrollment Down?

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Sign-ups for health plans are 11 percent lower than last year, as the December 15 deadline approaches. Here are some possible reasons.

Chasing Copernicus in Poland

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In search of the man who kicked Earth out of its place at the center of the universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Q&A: Lizard Dreams May Not Be So Different From Your Own

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Some species seem to experience a type of slumber resembling R.E.M. sleep, the dream state of humans.

Trump Drilling Plan Threatens 9 Million Acres of Sage Grouse Habitat

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A plan to strip protections for the imperiled bird would open more land to drilling than any other step the administration has taken, experts said.

The New Old Age: Older Americans Are Flocking to Medical Marijuana

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Oils, tinctures and salves - and sometimes old-fashioned buds - are increasingly common in seniors' homes. Doctors warn that popularity has outstripped scientific evidence.

World's First Insect Vaccine Could Help Bees Fight Off Deadly Disease

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American foulbrood is an infectious disease that devastates honeybee hives. Scientists say they've created a vaccine for it, despite a big hurdle: Bees don't have antibodies.

Magnets make a new soft metamaterial stiffen up in a flash

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Scientists can dial the stiffness of a bizarre new type of synthetic material up or down using magnets.

Chang'e-4: China mission launches to far side of Moon

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It is the first attempt to land robotic craft on the side of the Moon which never faces Earth.

Physicists Keep Trying - and Failing - to Find Dark Matter in Dark Places

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A summertime sparkle seemed to hint that researchers had found dark matter, but it looks like those scientists were wrong.

Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses

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Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The World's First Space Telescope

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50 years ago, astronomers launched the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, whose descendants include the Hubble, Spitzer and James Webb telescopes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Molecular insights into spider silk

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Spider silk belongs to the toughest fibers in nature and has astounding properties. Scientists have now discovered new molecular details of self-assembly of a spider silk fiber protein.

Nasa's InSight probe listens to Martian winds

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Two instruments on the recently landed InSight probe capture the noise made by the planet's wind.

The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels

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Despite warnings that there is little time left to get a handle on global warming, carbon emissions are on the rise.

Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust

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The first unbiased survey of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars in the Taurus star-forming region turned up a higher-than-expected number of disks with features suggesting nascent planets, according to a new study.

Here's the Truth Behind a NASA Document on Aliens Visiting Earth

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Silvano Colombano said that his view on aliens visiting Earth "is not accurately represented" in a viral Fox News article.

More bioplastics do not necessarily contribute to climate change mitigation

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Bioplastics are often promoted as an environmentally and climate-friendly alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics. However, a recent study suggests that shifting to plant-based plastics could have less positive effects than expected. Specifically,…

Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Ever

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The rate of vanishing ice is "off the charts."

Avengers Endgame: Watch The Trailer Right Now

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Here's everything we know about Marvel's upcoming untitled Avengers movie.

Astronomers Think They've Figured Out the Raging Swirls of Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes

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Churning, hellish, hot-cold gas storms swirl around our universe's supermassive black holes. But the scientists involved in discovering them would prefer you call them "fountains."

Image of the Day

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Jupiter's swirly atmosphere looks like a freshly stirred cappuccino in this new image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

Kate Orff: How Can Oysters Revive New York City's Waterways?

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Oysters filter water, their shells form protective reefs and habitats, and regenerate into more oyster shells. Kate Orff uses oysters to revive depleted ecosystems - like those around New York City.

A gut-brain link for Parkinson's gets a closer look

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Early evidence suggests that Parkinson's may be a gut disease that affects the brain.

The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels

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Despite warnings that there is little time left to get a handle on global warming, carbon emissions are on the rise.

No Global Cooling Miracle: Sun's Activity Lull Will Stop Soon, Study Suggests

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We can't count on waning solar activity to help bail us out of our climate-change problem in the near future, a new study suggests.

Rocket Lab to Launch 10 Cubesats for NASA Next Week

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Rocket Lab is set to launch its first mission for NASA next week, just a month after acing its first commercial flight.

Sorry Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant Is Not Inside This Ethiopian Church

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Several media outlets are reporting the sacred chest holding the Ten Commandments is hiding inside the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion.

On This Day in Space! Dec. 7, 1972: NASA Launches Apollo 17, Last Crewed Moon Mission

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On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series.

Bloodhound supersonic car project axed

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The driver of the 1,000mph supersonic vehicle says the car is available for the cost of a Ferrari.

This Week's Strangest Science News

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Ready to get weird? Here are some of the strangest stories on Live Science this week.

Secretive Astra Space Suborbital Launch Fails

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A test flight in Alaska of a small launch vehicle by a stealthy startup company ended in failure in late November, the Federal Aviation Administration has revealed.

Germinating a Passion for Space by Studying Germs in Space (Op-Ed)

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If you want to capture the attention of the next generation of scientists, try captivating them with the wonders of space.

Two new books explore the science and history of the 1918 flu pandemic

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One-hundred years after the Spanish flu, 'Pandemic 1918' and 'Influenza' provide a new look at the global outbreak.

Outrage Intensifies Over Claims Of Gene-Edited Babies

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Concerns over a Chinese scientist's claim that he created the first gene-edited babies grow with more questions about whether it worked and the possible harm he may have inflicted on the twin girls.

Dr. Lisa Schwartz, Critic of Medical Excess, Is Dead at 55

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She and her husband, also a doctor, waged a campaign against "the medicalization of everyday life" and an "epidemic of diagnoses."

Trump Rule Would Limit E.P.A.'s Control Over Water Pollution

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The Trump administration's proposal would significantly weaken a major Obama-era regulation on clean water, according to a talking points memo.

How Do Animals Breathe Underwater?

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Fish do it. So do jellyfish, starfish and sea cucumbers.

Elizabeth Warren Stands by DNA Test. But Around Her, Worries Abound.

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Since releasing the results in October, the ancestry issue clouding her possible presidential campaign has only intensified.

Anniversary Pic Celebrates Astronauts Fixing Hubble's Vision 25 Years Ago

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NASA released a stunning new comparison photo to celebrate the anniversary of the first astronaut mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope's blurry vision, 25 years ago.

China Launches 1st Mission to Land on the Far Side of the Moon

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China's robotic Chang'e 4 spacecraft launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center this afternoon (Dec. 7), kicking off the first-ever surface mission to the moon's far side.

NASA's InSight Mars Lander 'Hears' Martian Wind, a Cosmic First

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For the first time in history, we can hear the wind on Mars. Sort of.

Ultraprecise Atomic Clock Network on the Hunt For Dark Matter

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Researchers are putting a global network of the most precise timekeepers ever made to the task of hunting for dark matter, the invisible and largely intangible substance that researchers think makes up about five-sixths of all matter in the universe.

Man Coughs Up a Giant Blood Clot in the Shape of His Lung

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A man in California surprised his doctors when he coughed up an unusual looking blood clot: It was in the shape of his lung.

Who's a Smart Dog?!

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An estimate of dog intelligence requires looking at non-dogs as well to understand what's special to canines and what is just typical of the taxonomic groups they're in. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Hunter Who Killed Man-Eating Tiger in India Broke Laws, Officials Say

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The tiger was blamed for killing 13 people. The man who shot her says he fired in self-defense after a tranquilizer dart failed to stop her.

Drug Maker Pays $360 Million to Settle Investigation Into Charity Kickbacks

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Prosecutors accused Actelion Pharmaceuticals, which Johnson & Johnson acquired in 2017, of violating Medicare laws by funneling money through a patient-assistance charity.

Want to Name a New Frog? A Whiskered Mouse? An Orchid? Be the Highest Bidder

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Auctioning off the rights to name a new species is a decades-old practice. Some scientists think it's ethically questionable.

"Superhuman" AI Triumphs Playing the Toughest Board Games

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Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Global carbon dioxide emissions will hit a record high in 2018

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Carbon dioxide emissions from China, the United States and India all rose this year, a new report finds.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a 'Speeding Freight Train' in 2018

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Accelerating emissions are putting the world on track to face some of the most severe consequences of global warming sooner than expected, scientists said.

CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018

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The uptick follows several years of relatively flat emissions, underscoring the urgency of climate action -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trilobites: An Insect Flees Danger. Suddenly, It Picks Up a Tiny Hitchhiker.

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When running for safety, aphid nymphs crawl onto the backs of their elders. The adult aphids don't seem to like it.

Germs of Genius--a Masterpiece's "Microbiome" Can Spell Its Demise

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But microbes living on canvases may also help preserve irreplaceable works of art -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

From a Deceased Woman's Transplanted Uterus, a Live Birth

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A novel transplantation procedure may help more infertile women become pregnant.

Exploring the Ecosystem of the U.S.–Mexico Border

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Nature is fluid; walls are not -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The uterus may play a role in memory

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In lab tests, rats that underwent hysterectomies had worse spatial memories.

Acrobatic geckos, highly maneuverable on land and in the air, can also race on water

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Asian geckos were observed running over water at nearly a meter per second, as fast as on land. Lab experiments show how. They get support from surface tension but also slap the water rapidly with their feet. They also semi-plane over the surface and use their…

Ancient, Unknown Strain of Plague Found in 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Sweden

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In a nearly 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden, researchers have discovered the oldest-known strain of the notorious bacterium Yersinia pestis.

An Astronaut Spotted a Soyuz Crew Launch from Space and the Video Is AMAZING!

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A trio of astronauts soared off Earth on Monday morning (Dec. 3), destined to spend six months living and working aboard the International Space Station - and the best view was savored by their now-roommates.

Young Seals Keep Getting Eels Stuck Up Their Noses, and Nobody Knows Why

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Said seal doesn't look pleased.

What Do Americans Think about Food Additives and GMOs?

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About half think they’re unhealthy; the other half aren’t especially concerned -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Harmful, unfounded myths about migration and health have become accepted, used to justify policies o…

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Stereotypes that migrants are disease carriers who present a risk to public health and are a burden on services are some of the most prevalent and harmful myths about migration. Evidence from a comprehensive new report, including new international data analysi…

Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? We'll Have To, a New Study Finds

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To make meaningful progress on climate change, cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more efficient.

A 5,000-year-old mass grave harbors the oldest plague bacteria ever found

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DNA from an ancient strain of the plague-causing bacterium could help uncover the origins of the deadly disease.

Trump's environmental rollback rolls on

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The administration plans to open protected lands for drilling and lift curbs on carbon emissions.

An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans

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Researchers have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in DNA extracted from 5,000-year-old human remains. Their analyses suggest that this strain is the closest ever identified to the genetic origin of plague. Their work…

Climate change: Warming made UK heatwave 30 times more likely

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Rising global temperatures have massively boosted the chances of summer heatwaves in the UK, says a study.

Astronomers Think They've Figured Out the Raging Swirls of Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes

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Churning, hellish, hot-cold gas storms swirl around our universe's supermassive black holes. But the scientists involved in discovering them would prefer you call them "fountains."

A New Connection between the Gut and the Brain

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A surprising way that diet leads risks of stroke and cognitive impairment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Up Again. What Now, Climate?

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The fortuitous dip in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, during the past three years is over, as economies turn up. The trend in the near future looks grim, say climate scientists.

Why Are Scientists So Upset About the First Crispr Babies?

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Only because a rogue researcher defied myriad scientific and ethical norms and guidelines. We break it down.

Here's how geckos (almost) walk on water

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New high-speed video reveals how geckos use a hybrid walking-swimming gait in water to reach speeds similar to those on land.

Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug

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Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instea…

Baboons Survive for Half a Year after Heart Transplants from Pigs

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The cross-species heart procedure brings human trials into view -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

500-Year-Old Skeleton Found in London (Thigh-High Boots and All)

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The discovery of the remains by the River Thames provided a glimpse into the life of a man in medieval times.

Focusing on the negative is good when it comes to batteries

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Fluoride-based batteries have the potential to last up to eight times longer than those in use today.

Centuries-Old Ninja Oath Warns of Divine Wrath

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A long-hidden ninja oath swearing secrecy about the elite warriors' skills recently came to light.

Stonehenge Archaeologists Furious at Construction Crew Accused of 'Smashing' a 6,000-Year-Old Platfo…

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Digging a tunnel beneath Stonehenge, what could go wrong?

High-temperature electronics? That's hot

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A new organic polymer blend allows plastic electronics to function in high temperatures without sacrificing performance.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

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Hand, foot and mouth disease can spread quickly across child care centers and elementary schools. Here's what to look for and how to manage the disease.

Polonium: A Rare and Highly Volatile Radioactive Element

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Polonium was a critical ingredient in the first atomic bomb and it's a suspected poison in more than one high-profile death.

James Duke, 88, Globe-Trotting Authority on Healing Plants, Is Dead

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As a scholar and government researcher, he did field work in remote spots, finding indigenous remedies, trying them himself and pouring them into books.

Is the U.S. Lagging in the Quest for Quantum Computing?

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U.S. government funding is needed to sustain the arduous journey toward a practical quantum computer, experts say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Coal Use Continues to Decline in the U.S.

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One power company announces a goal of 100 percent clean energy as a near-record number of coal-fired power plant close -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Parrot genome analysis reveals insights into longevity, cognition

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Parrots are famously talkative, and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot named Moises -- or at least its genome -- is telling scientists volumes about the longevity and highly developed cognitive abilities that give parrots so much in common with humans. Perhaps somed…

Atmospheric scientists find causes of firenado in deadly Carr Fire

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Atmospheric scientists have documented a rare firenado, finding a number of factors that combined at just the right time and place to catalyze the deadly Carr Fire in Northern California. These observations may help forecasters and scientists identify -- and p…

Falcon 9 rocket guides itself to sea

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The rocket had a hydraulic problem on its way back to Earth.

A Helium Tail Trails This Fluffy Alien Planet

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As a Jupiter-size world swings around its small but active star, bombarded by radiation, the planet leaves behind a tail of escaping helium as wide as itself - and researchers have spotted this tail from the ground.

An exoplanet inflated like a balloon

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Although helium is a rare element on Earth, it is ubiquitous in the universe. It is, after hydrogen, the main component of stars and gaseous giant planets. Despite its abundance, helium was only detected recently in the atmosphere of a gaseous giant by an inte…

'Sun in a box' would store renewable energy for the grid

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Engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may be designed to power a small city not just when the sun is up or …

Data Reveals Most Influential Movies

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By analyzing the network connections between 47,000 films on IMDb, researchers found the most influential films ever made. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

'It Was Just Dead Brain Tissue': Seattle Woman Dies from Extremely Unusual Infection

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It started with a sinus infection that wouldn't go away.

Largest continuous oil and gas resource potential ever

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USGS announces an assessment of continuous oil and gas in Texas and New Mexico's Delaware Basin, the largest USGS has ever conducted, with an estimate of 46.3 billion barrels of oil and 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Biggest mass extinction caused by global warming leaving ocean animals gasping for breath

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By combining ocean models, animal metabolism and fossil records, researchers show that the Permian mass extinction in the oceans was caused by global warming that left animals unable to breathe. As temperatures rose and the metabolism of marine animals sped up…

Volcanic eruptions that depleted ocean oxygen may have set off the Great Dying

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Massive eruptions from volcanoes spewing greenhouse gases 252 million years ago may have triggered Earth's biggest mass extinction.

Kepler Telescope Captures First Moments of a Star's Death

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NASA's Kepler space telescope captured the light of a stellar explosion that occurred about 170 million years ago.

NASA's InSight Lander on Mars Just Snapped Awesome New Views of Its Home

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NASA's Mars InSight lander is starting to settle in at its new home and prepare for its scientific work - and the robot has shared three new photographs of its progress with its minders here on Earth.

'Chemo Brain' May Result from Effects on 'Helper Cells.' The Finding Could Lead to Possible Treatmen…

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A new study provides insight into how certain chemotherapy drugs affect brain cells. The study also identified a potential new treatment for "chemo brain."

Christmas Dinner Rocketed To International Space Station

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A cargo that included 5,600 pounds of supplies, science experiments and holiday dinner treats for the crew was launched on Wednesday.

Man Unknowingly Buys 4,000-Year-Old Pottery at Flea Market, Uses It As Toothbrush Holder

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You never know what you'll find at a flea market.

Pea aphid youngsters use piggyback rides to escape a crisis

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When some mammal is about to munch their plant, aphids drop to the ground and youngsters want a ride to safety.

The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn't a Technology

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Forests are the most powerful and efficient carbon-capture system on the planet -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Einstein's 'Time Dilation' Gets Pinpoint Measure Thanks to Wayward Satellites

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The botched launch of two global-positioning satellites four years ago has proven to be a real gift to physicists.

Uterine Cancer Killing More US Women, with Black Women Hardest Hit

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More women in the U.S. are developing and dying from uterine cancer than they were nearly two decades ago, and black women are "disproportionately" affected.

Freshwater Is Getting Saltier, Threatening People and Wildlife

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Road de-icing, industrial activity and other culprits are pushing salt levels in rivers and streams to alarming levels -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A Common Virus May Be Linked to Heart Problems in Fetuses

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A common virus that typically causes only mild symptoms in adults might lead to heart defects in developing human fetuses

domains: The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep

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The inventor of the water bed is reprising and updating it for a Casper world.

How to Overcome Feelings of Shame

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Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen talks with psychologist Dr. Joseph Burgo about the often-misunderstood experience of shame -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A controversial sighting of dark matter is looking even shakier

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Two dark matter experiments disagree despite using the same type of detector material.

Biological templating: Using a virus to speed up modern computers

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Researchers have successfully developed a method -- using a bacteriophage -- that could lead to unprecedented advances in computer speed and efficiency.

Astronomers find far-flung wind from a black hole in the universe's first light

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The detection of black hole winds far from their host galaxy could reveal details of how galaxies and black holes grow up together.

The Hippies Were Right: It's All about Vibrations, Man!

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A new theory of consciousness -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Global carbon dioxide emissions rise even as coal wanes and renewables boom

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Renewable energy capacity has hit record levels and global coal use may have already peaked. But the world's carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels increased in 2018, and the trend places global warming targets in jeopardy.

Scary Map Shows Where Animal Poop Is Turning into Deadly Ammonia Pollution

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Here's where all the farm animals are pooping, y'all.

Drilling in the Arctic: Questions for a Polar Bear Expert

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The Trump administration is reversing a longstanding ban on oil exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The area is home to about 900 polar bears, which are already struggling because of climate change. Can they withstand anoth…

How Scientific American Helps Shape the English Language

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The magazine is more widely cited than the Bible by the Oxford English Dictionary -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

COP24, the New Round of Global Climate Talks, Has Begun. We Answer Three Key Questions.

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Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Poland over the next two weeks to try to put global climate negotiations back on track.

Fossil preserves 'sea monster' blubber and skin

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Scientists identify fossilised blubber from an ancient marine reptile that lived 180 million years ago.

We Need More Diversity in Our Genomic Databases

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The ones we have now are too heavily skewed toward people of European descent -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Rats and pigeons 'replace iconic species'

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"Iconic" animals such as tigers are being replaced by "cosmopolitan" species found everywhere - researchers.

Geologists Measure Bullet Damage to Ancient Middle Eastern Settlements

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The ultimate goal is to inform efforts to conserve or repair heritage sites -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

New Gravitational-Wave Detections Include Largest, Most Distant Black Hole Crash Ever

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The four fresh signals from merging black holes hint at a forthcoming data deluge from the LIGO and Virgo observatories -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

COSINE-100 experiment investigates dark matter mystery

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A new international experiment challenges previous claims about the detection of non-luminous dark matter.

A microbe's membrane helps it survive extreme environments

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Within harsh environments like hot springs, volcanic craters and deep-sea hydrothermal vents -- uninhabitable by most life forms -- microscopic organisms are thriving. How? It's all in how they wrap themselves.

Artificial synapses made from nanowires

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Scientists have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The component is able to both save and process information, as well as receive numerous signals in parallel. The resistive switchi…

30 years of experimental evolution results in a new sex chromosome

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Researchers report new findings of an experimental evolutionary project that ran for 30 years on the genomic mechanisms of sex determination in swordtail fish.

Enhancing our vision of the past

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Scientists have advanced our understanding of how ancient animals saw the world by combining the study of fossils and genetics.

Game-on for UK's Team Tao in ocean XPRIZE final

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A UK-based team arrives in Greece for the grand final of a contest to find innovative solutions for seafloor mapping.

SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station, But Misses Rocket Landing

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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft lifted off into clear blue skies today (Dec. 5), but its first stage spiraled down in a failed landing.

Infections May Raise The Risk Of Mental Illness In Children

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A large study of Danish kids finds that childhood infections are linked with a higher risk of developing some mental illnesses. The risk is highest in the months immediately following the infection.

In a first, a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor gives birth

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After receiving a uterus from a deceased donor, a woman gave birth to a healthy girl in December of 2017.

First baby born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor

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Currently, uterus donation is only available for women with family members who are willing to donate. With live donors in short supply, the new technique might help to increase availability and give more women the option of pregnancy.

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

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A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported.

Cars and coal help drive 'strong' CO2 rise in 2018

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CO2 emissions hit an all time high, rising nearly 3% in 2018 thanks to coal and a booming global market for cars.

Soft tissue shows Jurassic ichthyosaur was warm-blooded, had blubber and camouflage

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An ancient, dolphin-like marine reptile resembles its distant relative in more than appearance, according to an international team of researchers. Molecular and microstructural analysis of a Stenopterygius ichthyosaur from the Jurassic (180 million years ago) …

Greenland ice sheet melt 'off the charts' compared with past four centuries

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Surface melting across Greenland's mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped up dramatically during the 20th and early 21st centuries, showing no signs of abating, according to new research.

First Successful Uterus Transplant from Deceased Donor Leads to Healthy Baby

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If repeated, the feat may open the door to expanding infertility treatments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trilobites: All the Light There Is to See? 4 x 10⁸⁴ Photons

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Astronomers have calculated all the light ever produced by all the stars in the cosmos. It's a lot, but on the cosmic whole, not that much.

Baboons survive 6 months after getting a pig heart transplant

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A team of German scientists used new methods to successfully transplant genetically modified and fully functioning pig hearts into baboons.

Trilobites: What a Hungry Snail Reveals About Your Grocery Store Breakdowns

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Pond snails can overcome warnings from their senses about what to eat if they get hungry enough. Sound familiar?

Bringing balance to the universe: New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos

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New research could shed light on the 'missing' dark matter and dark energy that make up 95 percent of our universe and yet are wholly invisible to us.

Ash dieback: ash woodlands 'may flourish once again'

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Scientists say there is hope that some ash trees can survive in the future, despite ash dieback.

The Placenta, an Afterthought No Longer

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An ephemeral organ, long dismissed merely as afterbirth, increasingly is viewed as critical to understanding the health and course of pregnancy.

Q&A: The Way the Wind Blows

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The rotation of the Earth forces winds into clockwise and counterclockwise motions, depending on air pressure.

Research worms 'too old' to go to space station

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A launch is delayed due to mouldy food bars, meaning the worms could be a day too old for research.

Albert Einstein's 'God letter' sells for $2.9m

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The 1954 letter about religion smashed its predicted price at an auction in New York.

Trilobites: Devoted Dads of the Amphibian World

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The males of an obscure frog species in Borneo faithfully tend their eggs, undistracted by new mates.

Now Mental Health Patients Can Specify Their Care Before Hallucinations and Voices Overwhelm Them

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Psychiatric advance directives allow patients with serious mental illness to specify the treatment they want if they become too sick to say so.

World's strangest sharks and rays 'on brink of extinction'

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A shark that uses its tail to stun prey and a ray half the length of a bus are on the list of 50 species.

Volcanoes fed by 'mush' reservoirs rather than molten magma chambers

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Volcanoes are not fed by molten magma formed in large chambers finds a new study, overturning classic ideas about volcanic eruptions.

Nearly 200 Countries Meet In Poland To Participate In Climate Conference

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The world's nations meet in Poland this week to continue negotiations on how to slow climate change as recent research and extreme weather reveal that dangerous effects on climate are already here.

What is that bright object next to the moon?

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A spectacular sight lights up the sky as Venus and the moon rise together

The Hot Duck That Won't Go Away

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Serious birders have reservations about the frenzy over the Mandarin duck of Central Park, the inspiration for many memes and news articles like this one.

NASA's Osiris-Rex Arrives at Asteroid Bennu After a Two-Year Journey

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The spacecraft now begins a close study of the primitive space rock, seeking clues to the early solar system.

'Cheating' gorillas show clever puzzle-solving

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Gorillas at a zoo in England have demonstrated a distinctly human trait while attempting to solve a new puzzle game - cheating.

How some sap-sucking insects fling their pee

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Sharpshooters hurl their pee with structure called a stylus, which sends droplets flying at 20 times the acceleration of Earth's gravity.

Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident

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A Russian-made Soyuz rocket blasted a three-man crew into orbit on Monday, beginning the first manned voyage to the International Space Station since a mission in October was aborted in midair because of a rocket malfunction.

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

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NASA's deep space explorer Osiris-Rex flew on Monday to within a dozen miles of its destination, a skyscraper-sized asteroid believed to hold organic compounds fundamental to life as well as the potential to collide with Earth in about 150 years.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu

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NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that tr…

Fishermen Sue Big Oil For Its Role In Climate Change

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The food industry is already feeling the effects of climate change, which will likely force expensive adaptations in the future. At least one sector is looking to make energy companies pay.

West Mersea mammoth tusk 'dates back 12,000 years'

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It was discovered off the Essex coast after an unusually low tide exposed it for about half an hour.

Puritan Tiger Beetles, 'Vicious Predators,' May Soon Hunt Again

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The beetles are New England's most endangered species. Now scientists have begun an unlikely effort to return them to the banks of the Connecticut River.

Early clinical trial data show gene therapy reversing sickle cell anemia

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After over a decade of preclinical research and development, a new gene therapy treatment for sickle cell anemia (SCA) is reversing disease symptoms in two adults and showing early potential for transportability to resource-challenged parts of the world where …

The More You Know About Mars…

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…the more you know about Earth.

Soyuz Rocket Launches Flawlessly, Weeks After Malfunction

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The Russian rocket carried a three-person crew into orbit on Monday, making a successful return to flight following a dramatic failure.

Saving the last West African giraffes in Niger

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The highly threatened subspecies has been brought back to a reserve in Niger after a 50-year absence.

VIDEO: To Save A Fox, Scientists Took To Land, Air And Sea

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When the population of Channel Islands foxes started to vanish in the '90s, no one knew why. Bringing them back from near-extinction has meant unraveling a mystery that started with World War II.

Scientists' collection of gravitational waves just got a lot bigger

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The biggest black hole merger yet seen created one set of the spacetime ripples.

SpaceX launches biggest U.S. 'rideshare' mission with 64 satellites

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(This story corrects to delete incorrect information that rocket carried a University of Illinois satellite)

Gut microbiome differs among ethnicities

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Changing the gut microbiome to beat illness really does hold great potential, said a biologist, but first scientists must answer what constitutes a healthy gut microbiome and in whom.

House in a lab

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Scientists have rebuilt a terraced house inside a laboratory to help make UK homes energy-efficient.

Rebel honeybee workers lay eggs when their queen is away

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A honeybee queen's absence in the colony triggers some workers to turn queen-like and lay eggs, sometimes in other colonies.

A journey underground into one of Poland's working mines

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As Poland hosts COP24 in nearby Katowice, David Shukman journeys into the depths of a working mine.

Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe arrives at Asteroid Bennu

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Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft moves alongside the 500m-wide rock from which it hopes to grab a sample.

Will light be the basis for quantum computing?

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Using a compact optical platform that exploits the quantum characteristics of light, scientists are one step closer to realizing the first powerful photonic quantum computer. The researchers revealed to have generated a particular class of quantum states - d-l…

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Protein snacks and supplements are popular, but unless you're an extreme athlete or recovering from an injury, you may already get enough protein in your diet. Here's how to tell how much you need.

Sir David Attenborough: Climate change 'our greatest threat'

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Naturalist Sir David Attenborough says climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years.

Careless CRISPR?

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A set of gene-edited twins has made questions about the ethics of modifying humans much more urgent.

The Large Hadron Collider is shutting down for 2 years

4 days ago

The world's largest particle accelerator will restart in 2021 at higher energy.

High Stakes As International Climate Conference Begins

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The U.N. climate meeting underway in Poland is the most important climate conference since the 2015 Paris Agreement set emissions reduction goals for nearly every country on Earth.

In the Blink of an Eye, a Hunt for Oil Threatens Pristine Alaska

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For decades, opposition to drilling has left the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off limits. Now the Trump administration is hurriedly clearing the way for oil exploration.

Soyuz rocket: First crewed launch since failure docks at ISS

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Russia's space agency confirmed the docking - the first crewed launch since October's failure.

Combination of space-based and ground-based telescopes reveals more than 100 exoplanets

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Astronomers using a combination of ground and space based telescopes have reported more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) in only three months. These planets are quite diverse and expected to play a large role in developing the research field of exoplan…

Kids With Concussions Can Phase In Exercise, Screen Time Sooner Than Before

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No longer do kids with concussions need to sit in dark rooms for days on end. For the first time in nearly a decade, the nation's pediatricians have loosened their guidance on concussion recovery.

The Race for Alaskan Oil: 6 Key Takeaways

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For more than a generation, opposition to drilling has left a 19-million-acre wildlife refuge in Alaska largely unscathed. But the region is on the cusp of major change as Washington speedily rolls back protections.

Bacton Gas Terminal to be protected by sandscaping plan

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A nationally important terminal on the Norfolk coast is to be protected by a new "sandscape".

Climate change: 'Trump effect' threatens Paris pact

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President Trump's actions are restricting global efforts to cut carbon, a study suggests.

Gravitational waves: Monster black hole merger detected

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Laser labs sense gravitational waves from a black hole collision at least five billion light-years away.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has finally arrived at asteroid Bennu

4 days ago

Planetary scientists hope the probe will reveal if such carbon-rich asteroids helped kick-start life on Earth.

New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era

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Scientists in industry and academia are looking for new materials to succeed highly successful semiconductor transistors. Scientists have hit on a very promising post-transistor technology: multiferroics, which use magnetic spin states instead of electron char…

The New Health Care: Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep

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Frequent disruptions are more than just annoying for patients. They can also cause harm.

The country where being a climate activist is a lonely job

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Almost 80% of Poland's electricity is generated by coal. Patryk Bialas says it's time that changed.

Sacked man claims discrimination against his 'ethical veganism'

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Jordi Casamitjana wants to have ethical veganism recognised as a philosophical belief, in a landmark legal action.

Dads, not just moms, can pass along mitochondrial DNA

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Data from three families suggest that in rare cases children can inherit mitochondria from their fathers.

In death, Lonesome George reveals why giant tortoises live so long

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Genetic analysis of DNA from Lonesome George and samples from other giant tortoises of the Galapagos -- which can live more than 100 years in captivity -- found they possessed a number of gene variants linked to DNA repair, immune response, and cancer suppress…

LIGO and Virgo announce four new gravitational-wave detections

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The LIGO and Virgo collaborations have now confidently detected gravitational waves from a total of 10 stellar-mass binary black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars, which are the dense, spherical remains of stellar explosions. Six of the black hole m…

news analysis: Genetically Modified People Are Walking Among Us

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And, so far, they're just fine. America needs a sober debate about the pros and cons of Crispr instead of a paranoid ban on the technology.

These new tweezers let scientists do biopsies on living cells

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Nanotweezers that can pluck molecules from cells without killing them could enable real-time analysis of the insides of healthy and diseased cells.

Life has a new ingredient

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Our prehistoric Earth, bombarded with asteroids and lightening, rife with bubbling geothermal pools, may not seem hospitable today. But somewhere in the chemical chaos of our early planet, life did form. How? For decades, scientists have created miniature repl…

Neil deGrasse Tyson Denies Misconduct Accusations

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In a lengthy Facebook post responding to three women's accounts, the well-known astrophysicist described two as benign and suggested the third did not occur.

The Most Wonderful Smelling Time of the Year

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The season's scents of fir and pine evoke primal experiences, and remind us what we may lose.

Is Chile's plastic bag ban a rubbish idea?

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Chile has banned stores from handing out free plastic bags to shoppers and it is a headache for some.

Climate change

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As representatives gather in Poland for talks on climate change, we look at how hot the world has got and what can we can all do to tackle global warming.

Lulu's Log: Bennu Asteroid

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In Lulu's Log, we learn about Mike Puzio. When he was nine years old, he won a contest to name an asteroid. He chose Bennu. On Monday, a NASA spacecraft lands on Bennu for the first time.

Woman takes in grey squirrel found injured in Somerset

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The squirrel, named Horatio, was acting "really confused" when found by the side of the road.

Global Health: 'From Nothing to Gangbusters': A Treatment for Sickle-Cell Disease Proves Effective i…

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Already used in Western countries, hydroxyurea eased painful episodes in African children with the condition. It also reduced the risk of malaria infection.

600 Million Years Ago, the First Scavengers Lurked in Dark Ocean Gardens

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The bizarre organisms of the Ediacaran Period have long puzzled researchers. Fossil discoveries suggest these ecosystems may have been more complicated than once thought.

TEDWomen: Vibrations offer new way to track elephants

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A technique used to study earthquakes have been adapted to track elephants in the wild.

Climate change: How slag can remove CO2 from the air

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Scientists in Wales are looking at how slag heaps can be used to remove CO2 from the air in the fight against climate change.

Brexit: Sam Gyimah resigns over Theresa May's 'naive' deal

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Sam Gyimah says the row over the EU's Galileo system shows how the UK will be "hammered" in any deal.

A Famous Alpha Wolf's Daughter, Spitfire, Is Killed by a Hunter

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The shooting of another Lamar Canyon pack member has renewed calls for a buffer between Yellowstone and nearby lands, to protect roaming wolves.

Nation's botanical treasure troves 'under huge threat'

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The UK's herbaria are great scientific collections that must be safeguarded for the future, say scientists.

Aaron Klug, 92, Dies; His 3-D Images of Bodily Molecules Won a Nobel

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Born in Lithuania, raised in South Africa and working in Britain, he made large strides in understanding the structure of proteins, DNA and more.

Knickers the Steer Really Is Big. But Most of Us Don't Know a Cow's Normal Size.

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If you thought Knickers was a once-in-a-lifetime giant, you may not be spending enough time with cattle.

Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy

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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating an iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in solar cells to produce electricity. The results indicate that the iron molecule could replace the more expensive and ra…

New Zealand whales: Why are so many getting stranded?

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Illness, warmer waters and the fact that pilot whales travel in sociable groups could all play a role.

Extinction crisis: Five things you should know

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The United Nations biodiversity chief on why extinction is a "silent killer" and deserves more attention.

Black hole 'donuts' are actually 'fountains'

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Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple donut shapes. Instead, gas expelled from th…

Scientists reveal substantial water loss in global landlocked regions

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A new study reveals that water storage declines in global landlocked basins has aggravated local water stress and caused potential sea level rise.

Satellites warn African farmers of pest infestations

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UK researchers develop an early warning system to prevent crops in Africa being devastated.

NASA selects nine U.S. companies to vie for moon program funding

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NASA on Thursday named nine U.S. companies, including Lockheed Martin Corp, that will compete for funding under the space agency's renewed long-term moon program, a private-public undertaking to develop technology that will explore the lunar surface.

Newly discovered supernova complicates origin story theories

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A supernova discovered by an international group of astronomers provides an unprecedented look at the first moments of a violent stellar explosion. The light from the explosion's first hours showed an unexpected pattern, which astronomers analyzed to reveal th…

'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'

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Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos.

Great strides for carbon capture using earth-abundant elements as photocatalytic system

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Researchers at Tokyo Tech have designed a carbon dioxide reduction method based only on commonly occurring elements. Achieving a 57 percent overall quantum yield of carbon dioxide reduction products, it is the highest performing system of its kind reported to …

Australian students in mass climate protest

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Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from PM Scott Morrison.

Berta Caceres: Seven convicted of murdering anti-dam activist

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A Honduran court finds seven men guilty of killing renowned environmental campaigner Berta Caceres.

Force Push VR brings Jedi powers to life

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Force Push provides a more physical, nuanced experience than traditional hand controllers allow in VR. It responds to the speed and magnitude of hand gestures to accelerate or decelerate objects in a way that users can understand intuitively.

Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia

8 days ago

A new fossil analysis suggests the earliest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia, as previously thought.

Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date

8 days ago

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean - the longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory. New research has documented an Acheulean presence in the Arabian Peninsula dating to less t…

Ancient toothless whale was forerunner of modern cetacean giants

8 days ago

A prehistoric 15-foot-long (4.5 meters) whale that sucked prey into its mouth represents a key missing puzzle piece concerning the evolution of today's huge filter-feeding whales, scientists said on Thursday.

India's Earth observation satellite among 31 sent into space

8 days ago

India fired a rocket carrying 31 satellites into space on Thursday, including its own advanced earth observation satellite among the other smaller ones launched for eight countries.

Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found

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Researchers have found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. Stimulation of a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) reliably produced acute improvement in mood in p…

Climate change: Can 12 billion tonnes of carbon be sucked from the air?

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Is it remotely feasible to remove 12 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air?

Toolbox for studying the existence of animal cultures

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Fruit flies possess all of the cognitive capacities needed to culturally transmit their sexual preferences across generations, according to researchers. Their study provides the first experimental toolbox for studying the existence of animal cultures, thereby …

New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen fuel

8 days ago

Chemistry researchers have discovered cheaper and more efficient materials for producing hydrogen for the storage of renewable energy that could replace current water-splitting catalysts.

China orders halt to gene-editing after outcry over babies

8 days ago

The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the editing of human genes, after a Chinese scientist said he had edited the genes of twin babies.

Amazon's latest gadget: a self-driving toy car for coders

8 days ago

Self-driving cars, meet Amazon's self-driving toys.

Whales lost their teeth before evolving hair-like baleen in their mouths

8 days ago

Rivaling the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, one of the most extraordinary transformations in the history of life was the evolution of baleen -- rows of flexible hair-like plates that blue whales, humpbacks and other marine mammals use to filter relatively…

Carmichael project: Visiting Australia's controversial Adani mine

8 days ago

The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani.

Climate change: Last four years are 'world's hottest'

8 days ago

Twenty of the warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, say the World Meteorological Organization.

A new way to create Saturn's radiation belts

8 days ago

Scientists have discovered a new method to explain how radiation belts are formed around the planet Saturn.

Switching identities: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity

8 days ago

Researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its atomic structure.

New ultralight material offers many uses for plastic waste, researchers say

8 days ago

Researchers in Singapore are seeking a patent for a new sound-proof and heat-resistant material made from recycled plastic bottles they say could help reduce plastic waste dumped in oceans and clogging landfills.

Gas clouds whirling around black hole form heart of distant astronomical object

8 days ago

Astronomers have concluded that gas clouds rapidly moving around a central black hole form the very heart of the 3C 327 quasar, confirming earlier measurements.

Hubble uncovers thousands of globular star clusters scattered among galaxies

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Astronomers using Hubble found a whopping 22,426 globular star clusters in a nearby neighborhood of galaxies.

The whole of Africa was the cradle of humankind

8 days ago

A new study breaks with the paradigm that the cradle of humankind lies in East Africa, based on the archaeological remains found at sites in the region of Ain Hanech (Algeria), the oldest currently known in the north of Africa. New research shows that ancestra…

Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits

8 days ago

Some lizards in the eastern U.S. have adapted to invasive fire ants -- which can bite, sting, and kill lizards -- reversing geographical trends in behavioral and physical traits used to avoid predators.

All of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe measured

8 days ago

From their laboratories on a rocky planet dwarfed by the vastness of space, scientists have collaborated to measure all of the starlight ever produced throughout the history of the observable universe.

UK's first carbon capture and storage project 'operational by mid 2020s'

9 days ago

Ministers give a timeline for the UK's first carbon capture and storage project, as research funding is announced.

First risk genes for ADHD found

9 days ago

An international collaboration has for the first time identified genetic variants which increase the risk of ADHD. The new findings provide a completely new insight into the biology behind ADHD.

Chinese geneticist reveals another "potential" gene-edited pregnancy

9 days ago

A Chinese scientist at the center of an ethical storm over what he claims are the world's first genetically edited babies said on Wednesday he is proud of his work and revealed there was a second "potential" pregnancy as part of the research.

Furhat, a robot with the human touch, wants to hear your woes

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Furhat tilts his or her head, smiles, exudes empathy and warmth, and encourages us to open up.

Scientists create "mini placenta" organoids in a lab dish

9 days ago

- Scientists in Britain have succeeded in creating mini human placenta organoids which they say will transform scientific understanding of reproductive disorders such as pre-eclampsia and miscarriage.

Fires fueled spread of grasslands on ancient Earth

9 days ago

Ancient wildfires played a crucial role in the formation and spread of grasslands like those that now cover large parts of the Earth.

Reading rats' minds

9 days ago

Place cells in the hippocampus fire when we are in a certain position -- this discovery by John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser brought them the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014. Based on which place cell fires, scientists can determine where a rat is…

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