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| South Asian toolmaking withstood the biggest volcanic blast in 2 million years Feb 25 2020 11:00 AM Toolmakers continued to strike sharp-edged flakes as usual after a volcano's colossal eruption around 74,000 years ago on what's now Sumatra Island. READ MORE  |
| How scientists wrestle with grief over climate change Feb 25 2020 6:00 AM With climate change altering our world at an increasing pace, scientists who monitor and study nature are frustrated and grieving. READ MORE |
| NASA icon Katherine Johnson has died at the age of 101 Feb 24 2020 3:56 PM The "Hidden Figure" captured the public's admiration after the story of her career was publicized in a 2016 book and film. READ MORE |
| A distant cousin of jellyfish may survive without working mitochondria Feb 24 2020 3:00 PM A tiny creature that parasitizes salmon is the first known multicellular eukaryote without a mitochondrial genome, a hallmark of complex life. READ MORE |
| What NASA's InSight lander has learned about Mars' magnetism and quakes Feb 24 2020 11:00 AM In its first 10 months, the InSight lander detected Marsquakes and an unexpectedly strong magnetic field at its landing site on the Red Planet. READ MORE |
| This fundamental constant of nature remains the same even near a black hole Feb 24 2020 6:00 AM A number that sets the strength of electromagnetic interactions isn't altered by the extreme gravity around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. READ MORE |
| To tackle the new coronavirus, scientists are accelerating the vaccine process Feb 21 2020 10:56 AM Scientists are turning to nontraditional approaches to create vaccines and therapeutics that target the novel coronavirus. READ MORE |
| U.S. drug deaths dipped in 2018, but cocaine and meth overdoses rose Feb 21 2020 8:00 AM In 2018, the rates of drug overdose deaths for methamphetamine and cocaine surpassed that of prescription opioids. READ MORE |
| Economic costs of rising seas will be steeper than we thought, unless we prepare Feb 21 2020 6:00 AM A study estimates 4 percent in annual global GDP losses by 2100 due to sea level rise, unless people curb emissions and prepare for flood risks. READ MORE |
| The earliest known hominid interbreeding occurred 700,000 years ago Feb 20 2020 2:21 PM The migration of Neandertal-Denisovan ancestors to Eurasia some 700,000 years ago heralded hookups with a resident hominid population. READ MORE |
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