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Top Science News
July 3, 2020
Variant of COVID-19 Virus Dominates Globally
How the Brain Organizes Information About Odors
Metal in Moon’s Craters: Insight Into Origin
Extreme Warming of the South Pole
June 30, 2020 — The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to recent …
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June 29, 2020 — Researchers have developed the first continuous, anatomically accurate 3D mathematical model of the paradise tree snake …
Health News
July 3, 2020
Receptor Makes Mice Strong and Slim
One-Time Treatment Eliminates Parkinson’s: Mice
Driving Bacteria to Produce Potential Antibiotic
Neighborhood You Grew Up In and Gene Regulation
June 19, 2020 — An 18-year study of 2,000 children born in England and Wales found that young adults raised in communities marked by more economic deprivation, …
Latest Health Headlines
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Why Do Arteries Age? Study Explores Link to Gut Bacteria, Diet
July 1, 2020 — Eat a slab of steak and your resident gut bacteria get to work immediately to break it down. But new research shows that a metabolic byproduct, called TMAO, produced in the process can be harmful to the lining of arteries, making them age …
Physical/Tech News
July 3, 2020
Black Hole Collision: Exploding With Light
‘Baby’ Planet in Young Star System
Pluto May Have Liquid Ocean Beneath Icy Crust
Teleportation: Step Toward Quantum Computing
June 19, 2020 — Researchers are exploring new ways of creating quantum-mechanical interactions between distant electrons. The research marks an important advance in quantum …
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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Spintronics: Faster Data Processing Through Ultrashort Electric Pulses
July 2, 2020 — Physicists have developed a simple concept that could improve significantly magnetic-based data processing. Using ultrashort electric pulses in the terahertz range, data can be written, read and erased very quickly. This would make data processing faster, more compact and energy efficient. The researchers confirmed their theory by running complex …
Environment News
July 3, 2020
Sled Dogs Like 9,500-Year-Old ‘Ancient Dog’
Why Are Plants Green?
Dolphins Learn Foraging Skills from Peers
How Water in the Deep Earth Triggers Quakes
June 24, 2020 — Scientists provide the first conclusive evidence directly linking deep Earth’s water cycle and its expressions with magmatic productivity and earthquake …
Latest Environment Headlines
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Hints at Jaw Evolution Found in Marsupials and Monotremes
June 30, 2020 — Infant marsupials and monotremes use a connection between their ear and jaw bones shortly after birth to enable them to drink their mothers’ milk, new findings …
Society/Education News
July 3, 2020
Living Environment Key to Long Life
Human Activity: Vertebrate Evolutionary History
Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity, Heat
COVID-19 Lockdowns: Global Air Quality
May 11, 2020 — Levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant — ground-level ozone — has increased in China, …
Latest Society/Education Headlines
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Researchers Uncover a New Mindset That Predicts Success
June 10, 2020 — To succeed in modern life, people need to accomplish challenging tasks effectively. Many successful entrepreneurs, businesspeople, students, athletes and more, tend to be more strategic — and hence, more effective — than others at meeting such challenges. A new study shows that one important psychological factor behind their success may be a ‘strategic …
Face Masks Critical in Preventing Spread of COVID-19
Why Are Plants Green?
Monster Black Hole Found in the Early Universe
Sled Dogs Are Closely Related to 9,500-Year-Old ‘Ancient Dog’
Vitamin D Levels Appear to Play Role in COVID-19 Mortality Rates
Higher Concentration of Metal in Moon’s Craters Provides New Insights to Its Origin