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What data do cities like Orlando need to prepare for climate migrants?
May 12 2020 6:00 AM

As researchers wrestle with how to anticipate future population shifts due to climate change, possible "destination cities," like Orlando, Fla., prepare for an influx.

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Loss of smell and taste may actually be one of the clearest signs of COVID-19
May 11 2020 4:55 PM

Data from a symptom tracker smartphone app used by millions of people shows two-thirds of positive patients reported losing these senses.

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Salty water might exist on Mars, but it's probably too cold for life
May 11 2020 11:00 AM

Salty liquids may last for several hours on the Red Planet but be too chilly for any known microorganisms from Earth to survive, simulations suggest.

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The earliest known humans in Europe may have been found in a Bulgarian cave
May 11 2020 11:00 AM

New finds from Bulgaria point to a relatively rapid expansion of Homo sapiens into Eurasia starting as early as 46,000 years ago, two studies suggest.

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What Michael Moore's new film gets wrong about renewable energy
May 11 2020 6:00 AM

Michael Moore's Planet of the Humans challenges renewable energy's ability to fight climate change, but it's riddled with errors and old information.

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Florence Nightingale understood the power of visualizing science
May 10 2020 8:00 AM

Florence Nightingale showed simple sanitation measures could stop infectious diseases' spread, a timely message given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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May 08 2020 6:33 PM

One form of interferon may boost the immune system's ability to fight the coronavirus early in infections, a small study suggests.

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Door-to-door tests help track COVID-19's spread in one Oregon town
May 08 2020 2:41 PM

Surveying neighborhoods directly may give a more accurate view than mail-in tests and other methods, researchers say.

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Physicists have found a way to foil a classic oobleck science trick
May 08 2020 2:00 PM

Cornstarch and water solidifies under impact, but a new technique can make it remain a liquid.

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Deadly temperatures expected to arrive later this century are already here
May 08 2020 2:00 PM

Temperatures near humans' physiological limit have doubled in frequency since 1979, exposing millions of people to dangerously hot and humid conditions.

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How tiny 'dead' galaxies get their groove back and make stars again
May 08 2020 6:00 AM

Computer simulations explain how puny galaxies can sustain star formation: Gas falls into them and billions of years later begins to create new stars.

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Some comb jellies cannibalize their young when food is scarce
May 07 2020 11:00 AM

Invasive warty comb jellies feast on their larvae after massive population booms in the summer deplete their prey from waters off of Germany.

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Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places
May 07 2020 11:00 AM

Newly discovered microscopic signatures of malting could help archaeologists detect traces of ancient beer.

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A game based on Simon shows how people mentally rehearse new information
May 07 2020 7:00 AM

Signs of learning echo through people's resting brains.

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Warming water can create a tropical ecosystem, but a fragile one
May 06 2020 2:11 PM

Tropical fish in a power plant's warm discharge disappeared with the plant's shutdown, giving insight into ecosystems' reaction to temperature shifts.

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A pill for heavy metal poisoning may also save snakebite victims
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In mice, an oral medication delayed or even prevented death after a lethal dose of viper venom, a new study finds.

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