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Top Science News
September 22, 2020
Comet Found to Have Its Own Northern Lights
What Led to First Organic Molecules
Ocean Carbon: Humans Outpace Ancient Volcanoes
Possible Marker of Life Spotted On Venus
Sep. 14, 2020 — A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that massive …
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Aug. 27, 2020 — A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings suggest that Earth may have always …
Health News
September 22, 2020
Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
Female Chromosomes: Resilience to Alzheimer’s
Transplanted Brown-Fat-Like Cells for Obesity
Got Fatigue? Brain Regions That May Control It
Aug. 26, 2020 — A potential therapy for obesity would transplant HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been genetically modified using CRISPR to become similar to heat-generating brown …
Latest Health Headlines
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Engineers Produce a Fisheye Lens That’s Completely Flat
Sep. 18, 2020 — Engineers have designed a wide-angle lens that is completely flat. It is the first flat fisheye lens to produce crisp, 180-degree panoramic …
Physical/Tech News
September 22, 2020
Giant Halo Around Andromeda Galaxy
Cosmic Rays May Soon Stymie Quantum Computing
Galactic Bar Paradox Resolved in Cosmic Dance
A Galaxy’s Stop-And-Start Young Radio Jets
Aug. 25, 2020 — New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy. The new work offers a potential solution to the so-called ‘Galactic bar paradox’, whereby …
Latest Physical/Tech Headlines
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AI Could Expand Healing With Bioscaffolds
Sep. 21, 2020 — Artificial intelligence can speed the development of 3D-printed bioscaffolds that help injuries heal, according to …
Environment News
September 22, 2020
Meteorite Strikes: Unexpected Form of Silica
Ancient Star Explosions: Deep-Sea Sediments
Optical Illusions Explained in a Fly’s Eyes
Animal Species May Be Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2
Aug. 24, 2020 — Why people perceive motion in some static images has mystified not only those who view these optical illusions but neuroscientists who have tried to explain the phenomenon. Now neuroscientists have …
Latest Environment Headlines
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Computational Study of Famous Fossil Reveals Evolution of Locomotion in ‘Ruling Reptiles’
Sep. 21, 2020 — Scientists used three-dimensional computer modelling to investigate the hindlimb of Euparkeria capensis — a small reptile that lived in the Triassic Period 245 million years ago — and inferred that it had a ‘mosaic’ of functions in …
Society/Education News
September 22, 2020
Smiling Really Does Give You a Positive Outlook
Lockdown: Human-Linked Earth Vibrations Down
World Population to Shrink After Mid-Century
Why Some Words More Memorable Than Others
July 15, 2020 — With widespread, sustained declines in fertility, the world population will likely peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion, and then decline to about 8.8 …
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Nature Conservation and Tourism Can Coexist Despite Conflicts
Sep. 21, 2020 — The concept of sustainable nature tourism plays a key role in mediating conflicts between tourism and nature conservation, a new study …
How Coronavirus Took Hold in North America and in Europe
Unconscious Learning Underlies Belief in God, Study Suggests
Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus
New Hubble Data Suggests There Is an Ingredient Missing from Current Dark Matter Theories
Has Earth’s Oxygen Rusted the Moon for Billions of Years?
Process That Might Have Led to First Organic Molecules
High-Fidelity Record of Earth’s Climate History Puts Current Changes in Context
True Size of Prehistoric Mega-Shark Finally Revealed
Comet Discovered to Have Its Own Northern Lights