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Climate change made Siberia's heat wave at least 600 times more likely
Jul 15 2020 5:00 PM

Siberia's six-month heat wave during the first half of 2020 would not have happened without human-caused climate change, researchers find.

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What will astronauts need to survive the dangerous journey to Mars?
Jul 15 2020 12:00 PM

Going to Mars, astronauts will need protections from microgravity and radiation, plus miniature medical devices to diagnose problems and help handle emergencies.

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Despite a new measurement, the debate over the universe's expansion rages on
Jul 15 2020 10:00 AM

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope finds the universe is expanding more slowly than supernova observations suggest.

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Two new books explore Mars - and what it means to be human
Jul 15 2020 7:34 AM

'Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars' and 'The Sirens of Mars' are surprisingly apt reads during the pandemic.

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Competitive hot dog eaters may be nearing humans��� max eating speed
Jul 14 2020 7:01 PM

Just how many hot dogs can one human eat in 10 minutes? New research suggests the answer is 83.

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Agriculture and fossil fuels are driving record-high methane emissions
Jul 14 2020 6:00 PM

Releases of the heat-trapping gas methane from human activities have ramped up in the 21st century, especially in Africa and Asia.

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The 'ratpocalypse' isn't nigh, according to service call data
Jul 14 2020 9:00 AM

A new study shows that rat-related reports in New York City went down during COVID-19 lockdowns compared with previous years during March and April.

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How upcoming missions to Mars will help predict its wild dust storms
Jul 14 2020 6:00 AM

Predicting the weather on Mars is essential for landing and keeping rovers - or astronauts - safe on the surface. The next Mars missions will give forecasts a boost.

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Remdesivir may work even better against COVID-19 than we thought
Jul 13 2020 5:28 PM

Gilead Sciences says remdesivir cuts the chances of dying from the coronavirus, and data show the drug can curb the virus's growth in cells and mice.

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This 1.4-million-year-old hand ax adds to Homo erectus' known toolkit
Jul 13 2020 3:00 PM

A newly described East African find, among the oldest bone tools found, shows the ancient hominids crafted a range of simple and more complex tools.

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A bacterial toxin enables the first mitochondrial gene editor
Jul 13 2020 9:00 AM

Researchers have engineered a protein from bacteria that kills other microbes to change DNA in a previously inaccessible part of the cell.

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The universe might have a fundamental clock that ticks very, very fast
Jul 13 2020 6:00 AM

A theoretical study could help physicists searching for a theory of quantum gravity.

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These cells slow an immune response. Derailing them could help fight tumors
Jul 10 2020 8:00 AM

Immune therapies don't work for a lot of cancer patients. Some researchers are enhancing these treatments with drugs that stymie suppressor cells.

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A COVID-19 vaccine may come soon. Will the blistering pace backfire?
Jul 10 2020 6:00 AM

Speed is essential, but not at the expense of safety and efficacy, experts warn. Sacrificing either could damage public trust.

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Boosting a liver protein may mimic the brain benefits of exercise
Jul 09 2020 2:00 PM

Finding that liver-made proteins influence the brain may advance the quest for an "exercise pill" that can deliver the benefits of physical activity.

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There's little evidence showing which police reforms work
Jul 09 2020 8:00 AM

When stories of police violence against civilians capture public attention, reforms follow despite a dearth of hard data quantifying their impact.

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