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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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Going Nowhere Fast? Smart Traffic Lights Can Help Ease Gridlock
If you’re a driver in a city or suburban area, it’s likely that you’ve experienced the frustrating experience of being…
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Mental Health Care Should Be Available for All, Not a Luxury
For more than 25 years, Richard Youins struggled to find help with his drug addiction. Youins is from New Haven,…
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Origin of Life Theory Involving RNA–Protein Hybrid Gets New Support
Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of life’s beginnings, by demonstrating that RNA molecules can…
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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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UK expects to produce more electricity than it needs by 2030
New offshore wind farms built as part of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy are expected to turn the country into…
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These weird marine critters paved the way for the ‘Cambrian explosion’ of species
Around 540 million years ago, Earth’s life underwent a burst of evolution that gave rise to the major groups of…
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Best sauna suits of 2022
If you’ve never heard of a sauna suit, don’t worry—it’s exactly what you think it is. These waterproof tracksuits trap…
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander’s Days Are Numbered
While InSight’s pair of solar panels, each one shaped like a decagonal (10-sided) pie, efficiently provide solar power to the…
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