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science
Twins Were Typical Among Our Primate Ancestors. What Changed?
Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and vitality, while others see...
sciencealert.com
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science
Hatching of 234 tiny creatures provides glimmer of hope for rare Aussie species
This photograph shows what could be the only hope for one of Australia’s rarest fish – captive breeding. Tasmania’s marine environments have become...
yahoo.com
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science
History Can Help Us Understand Organ Transplant Personality Changes, Says Expert
From vegetarians craving meat to changes in sexual preference, some organ transplant patients report changes to their personality reflecting those of...
sciencealert.com
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science
SpaceX inks deal to launch 2 more astronaut missions to the ISS
California- based company Vast Space booked the flights, which still must be approved by NASA. SpaceX has signed a deal to fly two more private...
space.com
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science / space
Large Hadron Collider finds 1st evidence of the heaviest antimatter particle yet
Scientists at CERN's ALICE detector are replicating conditions found during the Big Bang, attempting to get to the bottom of how matter came to...
livescience.com
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science
More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits—it's just the start
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj—the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the...
phys.org
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science
Manta and devil ray meat consumed in over 35 countries, shocking new report finds
A new global assessment of manta and devil ray trade identifies 14 high priority countries for conservation efforts. Globally, the meat of manta and...
discoverwildlife.com
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science
New research suggests the Moon is much older than previously believed
A new study suggests that the Moon is significantly older than previously believed, possibly forming up to 4.51 billion years ago—over 80 million...
jpost.com
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science / space
Earth’s clouds are shrinking, boosting global warming
For more than 20 years, NASA instruments in space have tracked a growing imbalance in Earth’s solar energy budget, with more energy entering than...
science.org
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science
U.S. scientists brace for looming government shutdown
It’s déjà vu all over again. The U.S. research community is holding its breath after the abrupt collapse last night of a...
science.org
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education / learning / science
Mysterious Constant that Makes Mathematicians Despair
Mathematicians attended Roger Apéry’s lecture at a French National Center for Scientific Research conference in June 1978 with a great deal of...
scientificamerican.com
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science
Discovery of "tipped over" black hole surprises NASA scientists
NASA researchers combined years of data and new imaging techniques to learn more about a "tipped over" black hole that is moving in an unexpected...
cbsnews.com
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science
AI writing is improving, but it still can’t match human creativity
With a few keystrokes, anyone can ask an artificial intelligence (AI) program such as ChatGPT to write them a term paper, a rap song, or...
science.org
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science
California's Dairy State of Emergency Is Because They Deny Pasteurization Science Like They Denied Vaccines
On this day in 1768, eight years before the Declaration of Independence, an anonymous article in the Boston Gazette protested the military presence in...
science20.com
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science
Unlike: Brazil Facebook groups give poachers safe space to flex their kills
Note: This article contains graphic images of dead animals that might be upsetting. Between 2018 and 2020, users of Facebook groups in Brazil shared...
mongabay.com
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science
Is AI finally ready to replace your doctor?
One of OpenAI’s leading artificial intelligence models can outperform humans at diagnosing medical conditions, but does that mean AI is ready to...
newscientist.com
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science / wellness
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics
“I am definitely not following the news anymore,” one patient told me when I asked about her political news consumption in the weeks before the 2024...
theconversation.com
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science / space
Earth Sitting in 'Supervoid' May Account for Hubble Tension
New research suggests that a troubling disparity in the rate of expansion of the universe, known as the Hubble constant, may arise from the fact...
realclearscience.com
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science / education / learning
The Year in Computer Science
Researchers got a better look at the thoughts of chatbots, amateurs learned exactly how complicated simple systems can be, and quantum computers...
quantamagazine.org
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science
‘The Blob’ caused millions of seabird deaths - the biggest mass die-off in the modern era - scientists reveal
Around half the population of common murres in Alaska died following a period of unusually warm ocean temperatures, scientists from the University of...
discoverwildlife.com
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science / space
Most powerful ever telescope from NASA reveals universe expanding faster than ever - and nobody knows why
The James Webb Telescope – the most powerful telescope NASA has ever made – has confirmed the universe is expanding faster than ever, but scientists...
supercarblondie.com
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science
Numerical Cognition Without Words: Evidence from Amazonia
Members of the Pirahã tribe use a “one-two-many” system of counting. I ask whether speakers of this innumerate language can appreciate larger...
science.org
@ 30+ days ago
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science
A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw
While mowing the lawn back in September, a homeowner in Orange County, New York, spotted strange objects poking through the plants. At first, the...
smithsonianmag.com
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science / space
9 of the Most Remarkable Scientific Discoveries of 2024
Discover the new planets, moons, health advances, and ancient history uncovered in 2024. As the year winds down, we wanted to take a look back at...
discovermagazine.com
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science
Japanese researchers surprised to learn they co-authored papers with North Korean scientists
Journalists have revealed that nine scientists in Japan co-authored journal articles with North Korean researchers in recent years, possibly...
science.org
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science
'Truly extraordinary' ancient offerings, including statues of snakes and a child priest, found submerged in 'healing' spring in Italy
The remains of ancient bronze statues, including sculpted snakes up to 35 inches long, have been found within a hot spring in Italy. Archaeologists in...
livescience.com
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science
New research reveals the double-edged effects of essentialist beliefs on political bias
Recent research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin sheds light on the role of belief systems in shaping partisan prejudice in...
psypost.org
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science
Coal use hitting all- time high in 2024, which is on track to be hottest year ever, report says
World coal use is set to reach an all- time high in 2024, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, in a year all but certain to...
cbsnews.com
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science
CO₂-eating bacteria can recycle carbon from chimney smoke directly into new products
Researchers from Aarhus University (AU) have developed a new technology that uses microorganisms to convert the CO2 in flue gas directly for new...
phys.org
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health / science
Meeting metformin again for the first time
New evidence convincingly shows that metformin, a drug that reduces circulating glucose, acts by inhibiting mitochondrial complex I....
science.org
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science
NASA's new images show star clusters that resemble a wreath and a Christmas tree
This new image of the wreath cluster is a result of combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the agency’s James Webb...
scrippsnews.com
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science / space
Exploding stars, unusual activity and black hole collisions. 6 reasons why the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is amazing
This amazing spiral galaxy is known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and is located 12 million lightyears from Earth. The image was captured with the...
skyatnightmagazine.com
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science
Ionis wins FDA approval for a rare disease therapy that lowers triglycerides
Ionis Pharmaceuticals on Thursday won Food and Drug Administration approval for a therapy that treats patients with a rare and deadly genetic disease...
statnews.com
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science / space
KRQE Newsfeed: Belen quadruple murder, Taft Middle School update, Warm and dry, Road safety, Astronomy grants
Thursday’s Top Stories Man in custody after firing ‘several hundred rounds of ammunition’ in Rio Rancho • Las Cruces man found guilty of murdering...
krqe.com
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science / wellness
Postpone Your Pleasures
And enjoy them all the more. My father-in-law, with whom I was very close, spent most of his life on the same working-class street in...
theatlantic.com
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science
Invasive Murder Hornet Gone From the U.S., Officials Confirm
Federal and local officials declared victory over the northern giant hornet this week, following years of no sightings in the country. It’s time to...
gizmodo.com
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science / space
James Webb Space Telescope best images of 2024
This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy...
usatoday.com
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science
Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom
It’s also a gateway to a huge collection of pig jaws. Excavations in central China uncovered a 5,000-year-old tomb filled with artifacts from the...
popularmechanics.com
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science / space
News at a glance: Mars rover’s big ascent, Europa’s ice sheet, and House committee chairs
PLANETARY SCIENCE Mars rover makes it to the top After a 4-month uphill trek on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover reached the top...
science.org
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science / space
NASA's new images show star clusters that resemble a wreath and a Christmas tree
It's a cosmic Christmas! NASA just released new images of a nearby star cluster that resembles a wreath and another that looks like a Christmas...
aol.com
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science
Most precise measurement of electrically neutral beauty meson life time achieved
The ATLAS collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has released a new high-precision measurement of the life time of the electrically neutral...
phys.org
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science / space
NASA names agency veteran as deputy manager of deep space program
Dec. 19 (UPI) -- NASA has named a space agency veteran as deputy manager of its Gateway program, the administration announced Thursday. That program...
upi.com
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science
The Canoe in the Forest
An unfinished boat hidden on a remote island in Alaska illuminates a missing chapter in the history of traditional Haida and Tlingit canoe...
hakaimagazine.com
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science
78 Books Scientific American Recommends in 2024
Every story is a science story, even the ones that sound more like science fiction. This year Scientific American introduced readers to real...
scientificamerican.com
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nutrition / science
Probiotic supplements may improve working memory
A new study published in Nutritional Neuroscience examined how probiotic supplements, a prebiotic-rich diet, or their combination (synbiotic...
psypost.org
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science
"Murder hornets" eradicated in the U.S., agriculture officials say
The Northern giant hornet, more commonly known as the "murder hornet," has been eradicated in the U.S., agriculture officials said Wednesday. The...
cbsnews.com
@ 30+ days ago
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science
Unexpected Delay Means Stranded Astronauts Won't Leave ISS as Planned
Two US astronauts stranded for months on the International Space Station will remain there at least until late March, NASA said Tuesday as it...
sciencealert.com
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science / space
The JWST Looked Over the Hubble’s Shoulder and Confirmed that the Universe is Expanding Faster
It’s axiomatic that the Universe is expanding. However, the rate of expansion hasn’t remained the same. It appears that the Universe is expanding...
universetoday.com
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science / space
How humanity discovered we’re all made of “star stuff”
Each one of us — in a very physical and physiological way — is 13.8 billion years old. This is the age of the Universe. It took our...
bigthink.com
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science
Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains
The death toll from Vanuatu’s earthquake disaster continues to rise, with international search and rescue operations underway to help people hit by...
yahoo.com
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