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Wastewater could provide up to a week of warning for a COVID-19 spike

May 28 2020 6:00 AM

A new study adds to evidence that sewage may serve as an early warning signal that the coronavirus has hit a community.

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SpaceX's astronaut launch will mark a milestone for commercial spaceflight

May 27 2020 4:37 PM

Two NASA astronauts aboard the privately built Crew Dragon capsule will be the first to be sent into orbit from U.S. soil since 2011.

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Half the universe's ordinary matter was missing - and may have been found

May 27 2020 11:00 AM

Astronomers have used fast radio bursts as cosmic weigh stations to tease out where the universe's "missing matter" resides.

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Infecting people with COVID-19 could speed vaccine trials. Is it worth it?

May 27 2020 6:00 AM

To accelerate vaccine development, some experts argue we should purposefully infect volunteers with the coronavirus. Others warn of the risks.

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Is the coronavirus mutating? Yes. But here's why you don't need to panic

May 26 2020 9:00 AM

Some studies claim there are new strains of the coronavirus, but lab experiments are needed to see if mutations are changing how it infects cells.

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A star shredded by a black hole may have spit out an extremely energetic neutrino

May 26 2020 6:00 AM

A star's fatal encounter with a black hole might have produced a neutrino with oomph.

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