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Top Science News
April 14, 2020
Triassic Climate Change: Volcanic Carbon Dioxide
Gene Variant Staves Off Alzheimer’s in Some
Supernova That Outshines All Others
Monkeys May Have Crossed Atlantic from Africa
Apr. 13, 2020 — A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than any yet recorded has been identified by an international team of … read more
Latest Top Headlines
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Apr. 9, 2020 — Scientists have reconstructed the skulls of some of the world’s oldest known dinosaur embryos in 3D, using powerful and non-destructive synchrotron techniques. They found that the skulls develop in the same order as those of today’s crocodiles, chickens, turtles … read more
Health News
April 14, 2020
Engineered Virus May Block Coronavirus
Lucy Had an Ape-Like Brain
COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise
Trial Drug May Block Early Stages of COVID-19
Apr. 7, 2020 — No vaccines exist that protect people against infections by coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, or the ones that cause SARS … read more
Latest Health Headlines
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Students Who Listened to Beethoven During Lecture — And in Dreamland — Did Better on Test
Apr. 7, 2020 — College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics — and heard the music played again that night — did better on a test the next day than did peers who heard the same lecture, but instead slept that evening with white noise in the … read more
Physical/Tech News
April 14, 2020
Bacteria On Nanowires Capture Sunlight
Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole
Weighing in On the Origin of Heavy Elements
Meteorites Tell Story of Mars’ Water History
Mar. 31, 2020 — Chemists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and nanowires that captures energy from sunlight and transfers it to the bacteria to turn carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules and oxygen. … read more
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Breaking the Size and Speed Limit of Modulators: The Workhorses of the Internet
Apr. 13, 2020 — Researchers developed and demonstrated for the first time a silicon-based electro-optical modulator that is smaller, as fast as and more efficient than state-of-the-art … read more
Environment News
April 14, 2020
Revolutionary New Method for Dating Pottery
When 3 Species of Human Ancestor Walked On Earth
90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Near South Pole
Oldest Ever Human Genetic Evidence
Apr. 8, 2020 — A team has developed a new method to date archaeological pottery using fat residues remaining in the pot wall from cooking. The method means … read more
Latest Environment Headlines
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Advance in Understanding Actin Sheds Light on Cell Function
Apr. 8, 2020 — A tiny chemical modification on one of the most abundant and important proteins in cells, actin, has long been somewhat mysterious, its function not fully understood, but scientists have now taken a big step towards clearing up the mystery. The scientists, who report their discovery on the post-translational modification of actin, believe their discovery sheds light on the foundational … read more
Society/Education News
April 14, 2020
Epidemic Spread: Accounting for Mutations
Social Distancing Lessens Spread of COVID-19
Limited Nuclear War Would Bring Global Famine
Predicting an Epidemic: Don’t Ignore Evolution
Mar. 25, 2020 — As COVID-19 spreads worldwide, leaders are relying on mathematical models to make public health and economic decisions. A new model improves tracking of epidemics by accounting for mutations in … read more
Latest Society/Education Headlines
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Stress Thwarts Our Ability to Plan Ahead by Disrupting How We Use Memory
Apr. 3, 2020 — Pairing brain scans with virtual-navigation tasks, researchers found that people make less efficient and effective plans when … read more
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Russ Roberts