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Top Science News
April 2, 2020

Antarctica (stock image). | Credit: (c) evenfh / stock.adobe.com

90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Near South Pole

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Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence

Black hole illustration (stock image). | Credit: (c) hallowedland / stock.adobe.com

Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole

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Where in the Brain Does Creativity Come From?

 A new brain-imaging study has studied the brain activity of jazz guitarists during improvisation to show that creativity is, in fact, driven primarily by the right hemisphere in musicians who are … read more 
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Health News
April 2, 2020

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Social Distancing Lessens Spread of COVID-19

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Silicon Computing Power for Brain Research

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Sign of Cancer: Microbial DNA in Blood

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No Evidence COVID-19 Coronavirus Was Engineered

 An analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made in a laboratory or otherwise … read more 
Latest Health Headlines
updated 11:50am EDT

Physical/Tech News
April 2, 2020

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Odd Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks

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Mercury’s Daytime Heat: Making Ice at Caps

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Water Splitting Advance for Renewable Energy

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New Minor Planets Found Beyond Neptune

 Using data from the Dark Energy Survey, researchers have found and cataloged more than 300 minor planets beyond Neptune, including more than 100 new discoveries. This updated catalog of … read more 
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
updated 11:50am EDT

Environment News
April 2, 2020

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Genetic Editing Powers Discovered in Squid

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Fast Retreat: East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier

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Fine-Tuning Radiocarbon Dating

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Surprising Ways Pathogens Move from Land to Sea

 A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting sea otters along the West Coast. A new study elucidates the … read more 
Latest Environment Headlines
updated 11:50am EDT

Society/Education News
April 2, 2020

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Limited Nuclear War Would Bring Global Famine

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Predicting an Epidemic: Don’t Ignore Evolution

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Seeding Oceans With Iron May Not Impact Climate

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Sea Level Rise Could Reshape the United States

 A new study uses machine learning to project migration patterns resulting from sea-level rise. Researchers found the impact of rising oceans will ripple across the country, beyond coastal areas at … read more 
Latest Society/Education Headlines
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