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Top Science News
February 24, 2020
Artificial Intelligence Yields New Antibiotic
Earliest Interbreeding Between Ancient Humans
Bumble Bees: Recognition Across Senses
Origins of Immune System Mapped
Feb. 20, 2020 — A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers mapped thymus … read more
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Feb. 18, 2020 — Synthetic biology researchers have developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can … read more
Health News
February 24, 2020
Ally in Fight Against Brain Tumors: Ebola
Antibiotics That Kill Bacteria in New Way
Monkeys Awaken With Brain Stimulation
Scientists Reverse Reproductive Clock in Mice
Feb. 12, 2020 — Researchers have lifted fertility rates in older female mice with small doses of a metabolic compound that reverses the aging process in eggs, offering hope for some women struggling to … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Mediterranean Diet for One Year Promotes Gut Bacteria Linked to ‘Healthy Aging’
Feb. 17, 2020 — Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, indicates a five-country … read more
Physical/Tech News
February 24, 2020
Expanding Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Critical Piece of Planetary Formation Puzzle
Longer Timescale for Mars Formation
Sound and Light for Ultra-Fast Data Transfer
Feb. 11, 2020 — Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second — around one thousand … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Thwarts Powerful Electromagnetic Attacks
Feb. 19, 2020 — A team has developed technology to use mixed-signal circuits to embed critical information that is suppressed at a lower … read more
Environment News
February 24, 2020
Mystery of Neanderthal Death Rites
Seeding Oceans With Iron May Not Impact Climate
The Demise of Tropical Snakes
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Larger Than Thought
Feb. 12, 2020 — Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond the known satellite footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new study. These new findings have important implications for environmental … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Old Irish ‘Clachan’ Found in South Australia
Feb. 18, 2020 — The oldest known Australian example of a communal type of Irish settlement has been ‘unearthed’ in a dusty paddock in rural South Australia. An extensive geophysical study of the Baker’s Flat Irish settlement site near Kapunda has found the first — and possibly largest — clachan in Australia, says Flinders archaeologist Susan … read more
Society/Education News
February 24, 2020
Sea Level Rise Could Reshape the United States
Emissions of Potent Greenhouse Gas Have Grown
Cancer Mortality Continues Steady Decline
Greenland Ice Losses Rising Faster
Dec. 10, 2019 — Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end climate warming scenario, which would see 40 million more people … read more
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Feedback Culture: When Colleagues Become Competitors
Feb. 18, 2020 — Competitive behavior among employees may be triggered by the type of feedback they have … read more
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