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| Black hole plasma jets are shaped like bell-bottoms Jun 18 2020 6:00 AM Jets of high-energy particles change from slightly curved sides to flared cones as they shoot away from galaxies, just like flare-legged pants. READ MORE  |
| An unexpected result from a dark matter experiment may signal new particles Jun 17 2020 11:38 AM An excess of events spotted in the XENON1T experiment could be signs of solar axions or weird, new properties of neutrinos, but not dark matter itself. READ MORE |
| DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest Jun 17 2020 11:00 AM Ruling families in Ireland may have organized a big tomb project, and inbred, more than 5,000 years ago, a new study suggests. READ MORE |
| Measuring the neutron's lifetime from space could solve an enduring mystery Jun 17 2020 6:00 AM Measurements on Earth show that lone neutrons decay after about 15 minutes, and now scientists have measured that lifetime from space. READ MORE |
| The steroid dexamethasone is the first drug shown to reduce COVID-19 deaths Jun 16 2020 6:59 PM The drug might save one of every eight people on ventilators and one of 25 on oxygen. READ MORE |
| Flat spots on Saturn's moon Titan may be the floors of ancient lake beds Jun 16 2020 11:20 AM Bright radio signals from Titan indicate the presence of ancient lake beds in its tropics, a new analysis finds. READ MORE |
| COVID-19 lockdowns helped people get more, but not necessarily better, sleep Jun 16 2020 10:16 AM Two studies report that people began sleeping more and more regularly after countries imposed stay-at-home orders to slow the coronavirus' spread. READ MORE |
| Barn owlets share food with their younger siblings in exchange for grooming Jun 16 2020 6:00 AM Scientists weren't sure why elder barn owlets would give away meals to their younger kin, a rare example of sibling cooperation in birds. READ MORE |
| The FDA has canceled emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 Jun 15 2020 5:31 PM The malaria drug is unlikely to work as an antiviral and its risks don't outweigh benefits in use against the coronavirus, the agency rules. READ MORE |
| Smoke from Australian fires rose higher into the ozone layer than ever before Jun 15 2020 8:00 AM The catastrophic wildfires in Australia around New Year's generated a massive smoke plume that still hasn't dissipated in the stratosphere. READ MORE |
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