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How bacteria create flower art Jan 21 2020 6:00 AM Different types of microbes growing in lab dishes can push each other to make floral patterns. READ MORE   For the first time, an asteroid has been found nearer to the sun than Venus Jan 20 2020 7:00 AM A space rock dubbed 2020 AV2, found in close orbit around the sun, probably got there after a series of close encounters with rocky planets. READ MORE   A dance of two atoms reveals chemical bonds forming and breaking Jan 17 2020 2:00 PM Two rhenium atoms approach and retreat from one another in an electron microscope video. READ MORE

Hairy cells in the nose called brush cells may be involved in causing allergies Jan 17 2020 2:00 PM Some hairy cells in the nose may trigger sneezing and allergies to dust mites, mold and other substances, new work with mice suggests. READ MORE

Exploding cancer cells can cause serious side effects in CAR-T cell therapies Jan 17 2020 2:00 PM Blocking a protein caused cancer cells targeted with CAR-T cell immunotherapy to shrink rather than burst, which may help reduce inflammation. READ MORE

A naturalist writes an homage to bird migration Jan 17 2020 7:00 AM In 'A Season on the Wind,' Kenn Kaufman shares his lifelong obsession for and awe of spring bird migration. READ MORE

More Recent Headlines 'PigeonBot' is the first robot that can bend its wings like a real bird Jan 16 2020 2:00 PM Insights into the joint movements and feather surface structures that help birds control their wing shape could help robotic flyers move more deftly. READ MORE   Volcanic gas bursts probably didn't kill off the dinosaurs Jan 16 2020 2:00 PM A new timeline for massive bursts of volcanic gases suggests the Deccan Traps eruptions weren't the real dinosaur killer 66 million years ago. READ MORE   The sterile moon may still hold hints of how life began on Earth Jan 16 2020 12:50 PM 50 years ago, scientists found no signs of life on the moon. Today, lunar mission regulations may be relaxed in light of that fact. READ MORE   A new drug lowers levels of a protein related to 'bad' cholesterol Jan 16 2020 7:00 AM The next clinical trial will determine if a drug targeting a protein that carries fat and cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. READ MORE   2019 was the second-warmest year on record Jan 15 2020 2:33 PM 2019 was the second-warmest year on record, ending a decade that topped 140 years of heat records. READ MORE   A second planet may orbit Proxima Centauri Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM The star closest to the sun may harbor another planet, this one much more massive and colder than Earth. READ MORE   The 'Blob,' a massive marine heat wave, led to an unprecedented seabird die-off Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM Scientists have linked thousands of dead common murres in 2015-2016 to food web changes caused by a long-lasting marine heat wave nicknamed the Blob. READ MORE   Neandertals dove and harvested clamshells for tools near Italy's shores Jan 15 2020 2:00 PM The discovery of sharpened shells broadens the reputation of Stone Age human relatives: Neandertals weren't just one-trick mammoth hunters. READ MORE   A parasite that makes mice unafraid of cats may quash other fears too Jan 14 2020 11:00 AM The parasite Toxoplasma gondii can mess with all sorts of mice behaviors and make the rodents fearless in many situations. READ MORE   Microbes slowed by one drug can rapidly develop resistance to another Jan 14 2020 8:00 AM Hunkering down in a dormant, tolerant state may make it easier for infectious bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics. READ MORE

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