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April 02, 2020
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How large a gathering is too large during the coronavirus pandemic?
Apr 02 2020 6:00 AM

Mathematical models explain why large gatherings are especially dangerous in an epidemic, and identify how large is too large.

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Roughly 90 million years ago, a rainforest grew near the South Pole
Apr 01 2020 5:36 PM

A forest flourished within 1,000 kilometers of the South Pole, probably because of high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and an ice-free Antarctica.

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How coronavirus control measures could affect its global death toll
Apr 01 2020 4:40 PM

Slowing the virus' spread will save millions of lives, but differences among countries could vary the pandemic's toll in different places.

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Lucy's species heralded the rise of long childhoods in hominids
Apr 01 2020 2:02 PM

Australopithecus afarensis had prolonged brain growth before the Homo genus appeared, but it still resulted in brains with chimplike neural structure.

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A mysterious superconductor's wave could reveal the physics behind the materials
Apr 01 2020 11:05 AM

Scientists finally spotted a pair-density wave in a high-temperature superconductor.

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This 300,000-year-old skull may be from an African 'ghost' population
Apr 01 2020 11:00 AM

The age of the mysterious Broken Hill fossil suggests it came from a hominid that lived around the same time as both Homo sapiens and H. naledi.

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A cat appears to have caught the coronavirus, but it's complicated
Mar 31 2020 2:00 PM

While a cat in Belgium seems to be the first feline infected with SARS-CoV-2, it's still unclear how susceptible pets are to the disease.

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Quasar winds with record energy levels were seen fleeing a distant galaxy
Mar 31 2020 8:00 AM

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen the most energetic quasar winds yet, showing these active black holes can blow star-forming gas out of galaxies.

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

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