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What researchers discovered about iPhones in low-power mode
The latest iPhones don’t fully power off when you turn them off or they run out of battery. A few…
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Microchips that mimic the human brain could make AI far more energy efficient
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes video games more realistic and helps your phone recognize your voice—but the power-hungry programs slurp up…
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Rubbing against coral seems to be a popular skin treatment in dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins appear to seek out certain corals and sponges that produce compounds with antibacterial or hormone-like properties Life 19…
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What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both?
Physicians at pediatric liver centers in the United Kingdom have been meeting regularly to work out how best to care…
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The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes
IN DECEMBER 2009, a submarine plunged 2,000 meters into the Gulf of California and emerged clutching a whole new branch…
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Boeing Is Ready to Launch Starliner, a Rival to SpaceX’s Dragon
The first passenger to fly aboard Boeing’s Starliner will be Rosie the Rocketeer, a mannequin set to blast off to…
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Climate change could expand forests. But will they cool the planet?
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6595.Download PDF These are strange times for the Indigenous…
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Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid
Pfizer’s Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine…
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Boeing’s Starliner Launch Will Bring New Cargo and Science to the Space Station
Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station is poised to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT…
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Hate your face mask? There’s hope
BOULDER, COLORADO—In the shipping room of his factory here, Richard Gordon pulls open the drawer of a restaurant-style convection oven…
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