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April 23, 2020
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Insects' extreme farming methods offer us lessons to learn and oddities to avoid
Apr 23 2020 6:00 AM

Insects invented agriculture long before humans did. Can we learn anything from them?

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A U.S. oil-producing region is leaking twice as much methane as once thought
Apr 22 2020 4:40 PM

Satellite measurements identify the Permian Basin, a massive U.S. oil- and gas-producing area, as a large source of leaked methane to the atmosphere.

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Plate tectonics may have started 400 million years earlier than we thought
Apr 22 2020 2:39 PM

Magnetic minerals in ancient rocks suggest that plate tectonics may have been under way as early as 3.2 billion years ago.

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COVID-19 is hitting some patients with obesity particularly hard
Apr 22 2020 10:00 AM

Doctors say some of their sickest COVID-19 patients are young and obese. One study shows they have higher rates of hospital admission and death.

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How much space does nature need? 30 percent of the planet may not be enough
Apr 22 2020 6:00 AM

Nations are drafting a plan to protect 30 percent of Earth by 2030 to save biodiversity. The number reflects politics more than scientific consensus.

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More evidence hints that hydroxychloroquine doesn't help treat COVID-19
Apr 21 2020 6:13 PM

A malaria drug showed no benefit over standard care in two preliminary studies examining how well hydroxychloroquine works against the coronavirus.

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'The Idea of the Brain' explores the evolution of neuroscience
Apr 21 2020 11:00 AM

Despite advances, much about the human brain is still a mystery, a new book shows

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High-speed gas collisions prevent star birth in galaxies' bars
Apr 21 2020 9:45 AM

The spiral galaxy NGC 1300 makes few if any stars in its bright bar. Simulations suggest gas clouds colliding at high speed stunt star formation.

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Unlike Earth, the gases in Venus' atmosphere aren't uniformly mixed
Apr 20 2020 11:00 AM

Measurements of Venus' atmospheric nitrogen show that a planet's upper atmosphere doesn't necessarily match the lower atmosphere.

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Interstellar comet Borisov has an unexpected amount of carbon monoxide
Apr 20 2020 11:00 AM

The second known visitor from outside the solar system has three times as much CO relative to H2O than any comet seen in the inner solar system.

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Gravitational waves have revealed the first unevenly sized black hole pair
Apr 20 2020 6:00 AM

For the first time, LIGO and Virgo scientists spotted gravitational waves produced when one big black hole merged with a smaller one.

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Toxin-producing bacteria can make this newt deadly
Apr 20 2020 6:00 AM

Bacteria living on the skin of some rough-skinned newts produce tetrodotoxin, a paralytic chemical also found in pufferfish.

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Here's where things stand on COVID-19 tests in the U.S.
Apr 17 2020 5:11 PM

Government officials are weighing how to loosen social distancing measures across the United States, but that hinges on widespread COVID-19 testing.

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Ancient recipes led scientists to a long-lost natural blue
Apr 17 2020 2:00 PM

Led by medieval texts, scientists hunted down a plant and extracted from its tiny fruits a blue watercolor whose origins had long been a mystery.

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A weird stellar explosion may have caused the brightest supernova yet seen
Apr 17 2020 8:00 AM

Astronomers may have spotted the first known example of a rare "pulsational pair-instability" supernova.

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Why 6 feet may not be enough social distance to avoid COVID-19
Apr 17 2020 6:00 AM

Scientists who study airflow warn that virus-laden drops may travel farther than thought.

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