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Parasitic worm populations are skyrocketing in some fish species used in sushi
Mar 31 2020 6:00 AM

Fishes worldwide harbor 283 times the number of Anisakis worms as fishes in the 1970s. Whether that's a sign of environmental decline or recovery is unclear.

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These women endured a winter in the high Arctic for citizen science
Mar 30 2020 8:00 AM

Two women have spent the winter on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard to collect data for climate scientists around the world.

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Einstein's letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics
Mar 30 2020 6:00 AM

The latest volume of Einstein's papers covers the infancy of quantum mechanics and new challenges to the theory of relativity.

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Social distancing comes with psychological fallout
Mar 29 2020 6:00 AM

Keeping people apart can help slow the new coronavirus' spread. But such social distancing may cause or worsen mental health problems.

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How antibody tests work and could help fight the coronavirus
Mar 27 2020 3:03 PM

Coronavirus antibody tests look for signs in the blood that someone has had an infection and recovered, and could take only a finger prick.

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Face mask shortages have sparked creative solutions. Will they work?
Mar 27 2020 8:00 AM

Homemade masks, reusing masks and even scuba gear are some of the ideas for dealing with health care workers' lack of supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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If Pluto has a subsurface ocean, it may be old and deep
Mar 27 2020 6:00 AM

New analyses of images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft suggest that Pluto may have had a sea beneath its icy shell for roughly 4.5 billion years.

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There's no evidence the coronavirus jumped from pangolins to people
Mar 26 2020 5:36 PM

Pangolins captured in anti-smuggling activities in southern China were found to harbor viruses related to the new coronavirus.

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Neandertals' extensive seafood menu rivals that of ancient humans
Mar 26 2020 2:00 PM

Finds from a coastal cave in Portugal reveal repeated ocean foraging for this European hominid.

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A controversial X-ray glow didn't show up in the Milky Way's dark matter halo
Mar 26 2020 2:00 PM

A new look at old data suggests that an odd X-ray glow that emanates from some galaxies cannot come from decaying dark matter.

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Fossils of a new dromaeosaur date to the end of the Age of Dinosaurs
Mar 26 2020 12:00 PM

Fossils from a new dromaeosaur recovered from New Mexico suggest these fierce predators were diversifying up to the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.

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No, the coronavirus wasn't made in a lab. A genetic analysis shows it's from nature
Mar 26 2020 6:00 AM

Scientists took conspiracy theories seriously and analyzed the coronavirus to reveal its natural origins.

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Squid edit their genetic material in a uniquely weird place
Mar 25 2020 2:20 PM

Some squids' seeming ability to edit RNA on the fly could help scientists develop a technique much like the DNA-editing tool CRISPR, but for RNA.

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New Guinea's Neolithic period may have started without outside help
Mar 25 2020 2:00 PM

Islanders on New Guinea experienced cultural changes sparked by farming about 1,000 years before Southeast Asians arrived, a study suggests.

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You can help fight the coronavirus. All you need is a computer
Mar 25 2020 6:00 AM

With Folding@home, people can donate computing time on their home computers to the search for a chemical Achilles' heel in the coronavirus.

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When will the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing end?
Mar 24 2020 11:28 AM

Social distancing may have to continue for months to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19. Wider testing and isolation of cases could ease such measures.

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