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| Quarrying stone for Easter Island statues made soil more fertile for farming Oct 25 2019 6:00 AM Easter Island's Polynesian society grew crops in soil made especially fertile by the quarrying of rock for large, humanlike statues, a study suggests. READ MORE  |
| Bias in a common health care algorithm disproportionately hurts black patients Oct 24 2019 2:00 PM A machine-learning program that uses past medical costs to identify patients for extra care favors white patients over black patients, a study finds. READ MORE |
| Remarkable fossils capture mammals' recovery after the dino-killing asteroid Oct 24 2019 2:00 PM A fossil-rich site in Colorado is revealing how mammals rebounded and flourished after an asteroid strike 66 million years ago. READ MORE |
| Lab-grown organoids are more stressed-out than actual brain cells Oct 24 2019 12:26 PM Compared with real brain tissue, organoids show big differences. READ MORE |
| Piranhas and their plant-eating relatives, pacus, replace rows of teeth all at once Oct 24 2019 6:00 AM Piranhas and pacus both lose and replace all teeth on one side of their mouths in one go, which may help to distribute wear and tear. READ MORE |
| Strontium is the first heavy element detected from a neutron star merger Oct 23 2019 1:00 PM The discovery of strontium created inside a neutron star smashup gives the clearest picture yet of what goes on inside this chaotic environment. READ MORE |
| Algae inside blood vessels could act as oxygen factories Oct 23 2019 10:43 AM Two types of light-responsive algae make oxygen inside tadpoles' blood vessels. READ MORE |
| Google officially lays claim to quantum supremacy Oct 23 2019 4:33 AM The quantum computer Sycamore reportedly performed a calculation that even the most powerful supercomputers available can't reproduce. READ MORE |
| Aye-ayes just got weirder with the discovery of a tiny, sixth 'finger' Oct 22 2019 4:25 PM Aye-ayes have a sixth "finger," or pseudothumb, that may compensate for other, overspecialized fingers by helping the lemurs grip things. READ MORE |
| Prozac proves no better than a placebo in treating kids with autism Oct 22 2019 3:00 PM In a small clinical trial, drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors didn't ease obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children with autism. READ MORE |
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