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How Polio Entered Gaza, and How the Vaccination Campaign is Going

Thu, 09/26/2024 - 09:00

Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaza, and wartime conditions let the infection spread

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Milgram’s Infamous Shock Studies Still Hold Lessons for Confronting Authoritarianism

Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00

Why ordinary people will follow orders to the point of hurting others remains a critical question for scientists—though some answers have emerged

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What Really Happened at the Pentagon’s Once-Hidden UFO Office?

Thu, 09/26/2024 - 07:00

An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOs—and the paranormal—over a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to Congressional hearings and breathless news stories today. But the real story looks more like former defense officials pushing their personal mythology, rather than any cover-up of aliens

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Category 4 Hurricane Helene Will Bring Strong Winds, Flash Flooding and Storm Surge

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 15:00

Category 4 Hurricane Helene is a large storm set to bring substantial storm surge to the coast of Florida, as well as wind and rain-driven flooding up into Tennessee and South Carolina

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Birds Are Goofy Runners—And Dinosaurs Might Have Been, Too

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 14:00

Looking silly when they run saves birds energy—and some dinosaurs may have done the same

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Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 12:00

A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep space

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Quantum Entanglement in Quarks Observed for the First Time

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 09:00

Physicists report the first observations of quantum entanglement in top and anti-top quarks, the heaviest known fundamental particles and their antimatter counterparts, inside the Large Hadron Collider

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Why So Many Kids Still Die in Hot Cars Every Year

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 07:00

Cases of deadly heatstroke of children in cars have remained stubbornly persistent—here’s why they happen and how we can prevent them

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Has Generative AI Lost Its Strange Charm?

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 06:45

From spotless giraffes to secret squirrels, Janelle Shane probes the absurdity (and dangers) of generative AI

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PCOS Linked to Greater Risk of Eating Disorders

Wed, 09/25/2024 - 06:00

A study reports higher prevalence of eating disorders among people with polycystic ovary syndrome, regardless of their body mass index.

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Scientists Nuke an Asteroid in a Lab Mock-Up

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 14:30

Experiment shows that a nuclear explosion could save the planet from a deadly asteroid impact

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Florida Surgeon General Spreads COVID Misinformation in Booster Guidelines

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 14:00

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo told Floridians to avoid mRNA vaccines, citing false safety concerns

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Why Chemistry, Physics and Medicine Nobel Prizes can be Shared, and How That Works

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:00

Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenly

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Geoengineering Wins Reluctant Interest from Scientists as Earth’s Climate Unravels

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 09:00

More and more climate scientists are supporting experiments to cool Earth by altering the stratosphere or the ocean

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How Many Dinosaur Species Roamed Earth? It’s Surprisingly Hard to Know

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 07:30

The incompleteness of the fossil record complicates efforts to figure out how life on Earth is faring today

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Dark Matter Black Holes Could Fly through the Solar System Once a Decade

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 07:00

The universe’s hidden mass may be made of black holes, which could wobble the planets of the solar system when they pass by

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Stunning Bird Photographs Showcase Incredible Views of Life on the Wing

Tue, 09/24/2024 - 06:45

Quirky perspectives, separated lovebirds and a tobogganing penguin star in 2024 winners of the world’s largest bird photography competition

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Uterus Transplants, Once Highly Experimental, Have Led to Dozens of Births

Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00

Uterus transplants are becoming more common, opening up the possibility of pregnancy and parenthood to people with certain health conditions

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Meet the New Autocrats Who Dismantle Democracies from Within

Mon, 09/23/2024 - 07:00

The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions

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Cave Fish Adolescence Means Sprouting Taste Buds in Weird Places

Mon, 09/23/2024 - 06:45

Cave fish develop taste buds on their head and below their chin—and even in humans, taste cells grow in truly unexpected locations

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