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Vision cells can pull double duty in the brain, detecting both color and shape

Jul 01 2019 1:04 PM

Neurons in a brain area that handles vision fire in response to more than one aspect of an object, countering earlier ideas, a study in monkeys finds.

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CO emissions are on track to take us beyond 1.5 degrees of global warming

Jul 01 2019 11:00 AM

Current and planned infrastructure will exceed the level of emissions that would keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new analysis finds.

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'Slime' shows how algae have shaped our climate, evolution and daily lives

Jul 01 2019 7:00 AM

The new book 'Slime' makes the case that algae deserve to be celebrated.

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How the 2019 eclipse will differ from 2017's - and what that means for science

Jun 30 2019 5:00 AM

This year's total solar eclipse is visible late in the day from a relatively small slice of South America.

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Is climate change causing Europe's intense heat? A scientist weighs in

Jun 28 2019 3:14 PM

Science News talks with climate scientist Karsten Haustein about attributing extreme heat events in Europe and South Asia to climate change.

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Latest claim of turning hydrogen into a metal may be the most solid yet

Jun 28 2019 8:00 AM

If true, the study would complete a decades-long quest to find the elusive material. But such claims have been made prematurely many times before.

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The earliest known galaxy merger occurred shortly after the Big Bang
Jun 28 2019 6:00 AM

Telescopes show two distant blobs of stars and gas swirling around each other in the young universe.

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With Dragonfly, NASA is heading back to Saturn's moon Titan
Jun 27 2019 6:16 PM

NASA's next robotic mission to explore the solar system is headed to Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

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In mice, a high-fat diet cuts a 'brake' used to control appetite
Jun 27 2019 2:00 PM

A fatty diet changes the behavior of key appetite-regulating cells in a mouse brain.

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In a first, telescopes tracked a lone fast radio burst to a faraway galaxy
Jun 27 2019 2:00 PM

First-time observations suggest that the cause of one-time fast radio bursts is different from what triggers repeatedly flashing radio bursts.

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Antioxidants may encourage the spread of lung cancer rather than prevent it
Jun 27 2019 11:02 AM

Antioxidants protect lung cancer cells from free radicals, but also spur metastasis, two new studies suggest.

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Some ancient crocodiles may have chomped on plants instead of meat
Jun 27 2019 11:02 AM

Fossil teeth of extinct crocodyliforms suggest that some ate plants and that herbivory evolved at least three times in crocs of the Mesozoic Era.

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DNA reveals a European Neandertal lineage that lasted 80,000 years
Jun 26 2019 2:00 PM

Ancient DNA from cave fossils in Belgium and Germany shows an unbroken genetic line of the extinct hominids emerged at least 120,000 years ago.

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Thick calluses don't make feet any less sensitive
Jun 26 2019 1:00 PM

Bare feet that develop thick calluses are just as sensitive as shoe-clad feet, a study in Kenya finds.

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Peru's famous Nazca Lines may include drawings of exotic birds
Jun 26 2019 7:00 AM

Pre-Inca people depicted winged fliers from far away in landscape art.

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Signs of the color blue have been found in a fossil for the first time
Jun 25 2019 7:01 PM

Scientists think they've spotted hints of blue plumage in a fossilized bird from 48 million years ago.

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