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Meet the Biden cabinet’s science and tech leaders
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10 weird, but essential, additions to any survival kit
Stowing some everyday items in your kit could save your life. (Apaha Spi / Unsplash/) This story was originally featured…
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Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket From a 747
On Sunday morning, Virgin Orbit became the third privately funded American rocket company to reach orbit—and the only one to…
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Can This Group Revive the Finicky Corpse Flower?
If a plant is socioeconomically important and produces recalcitrant seeds—like coconuts—conservationists will often create what are called “field gene banks,”…
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What you need to know about Biden’s 5-point COVID-19 relief plan
President-elect Biden has a long, challenging road ahead of him. (US Dept of Defense /) President-elect Joe Biden announced the…
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Apple’s upcoming MacBook Pros could bring back MagSafe, ditch the Touch Bar
The next MacBook Pros could bring back some sorely missed features. (John Tekeridis via Pexels/) The 2021 Consumer Electronics Show…
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Faster Vaccinations, New Mutations, and More Coronavirus News
Officials try to speed up vaccinations, scientists discover more mutations, and researchers chart the pandemic’s future. Here’s what you should…
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Mysterious Heat Spikes inside Cells Are Probed with Tiny Diamonds
Taking a person’s temperature is no sweat: slip a thermometer under their tongue, say, and watch the reading climb to…
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Covid-19 news: UK bans travel from South America over new variant
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest land animal ever
By Joshua Rapp Learn Illustration of a herd of Argentinosaurus, a type of gigantic titanosaurJAMES KUETHER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Fossils of…
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