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How understanding nature made the atomic bomb inevitable

Aug 06 2020 6:00 AM

On the anniversary of Hiroshima, here's a look back at the chain reaction of basic discoveries that led to nuclear weapons.

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How tuataras live so long and can withstand cool weather

Aug 05 2020 11:00 AM

Tuataras may look like your average lizard, but they're not. Now, researchers have deciphered the rare reptiles' genome, or genetic instruction book.

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'Exotic' lightning crackles across Jupiter's cloud tops

Aug 05 2020 11:00 AM

Newly spotted lightning, which could form thanks to ammonia antifreeze, is weaker but more frequent than any flashes seen on Jupiter before.

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50 years ago, Mauna Kea opened for astronomy. Controversy continues

Aug 05 2020 8:19 AM

Current plans to build a new telescope on the volcano sparked the latest conflict.

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Penguin poop spotted from space ups the tally of emperor penguin colonies

Aug 04 2020 7:01 PM

High-res satellite images reveal eight new breeding sites for the world's largest penguins on Antarctica, including the first reported ones offshore.

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Five big questions about when and how to open schools amid COVID-19

Aug 04 2020 3:37 PM

Researchers weigh in on how to get children back into classrooms in a low-risk way.

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'The End of Everything' explores the ways the universe could perish
Aug 04 2020 9:47 AM

As Katie Mack explains in The End of Everything, the universe's demise could be disastrously violent or deadly calm.

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Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops
Aug 04 2020 6:00 AM

Native bees help pollinate blueberries, cherries and other crops on commercial farms.

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A submerged Inca offering hints at Lake Titicaca's sacred role
Aug 03 2020 7:01 PM

Divers found a stone box holding a figurine and a gold item, highlighting Lake Titicaca's sacred status to the Inca.

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Water beetles can live on after being eaten and excreted by a frog
Aug 03 2020 11:00 AM

After being eaten by a frog, some water beetles can scurry through the digestive tract and emerge on the other side, alive and well.

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Some spiders may spin poisonous webs laced with neurotoxins
Aug 03 2020 8:00 AM

The sticky silk threads of spider webs may be hiding a toxic secret: potent neurotoxins that paralyze a spider's prey.

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Heavy drinking drove hundreds of thousands of Americans to early graves
Aug 03 2020 6:00 AM

From 2011 to 2015, more than 93,000 U.S. deaths per year could be tied to excessive alcohol use, researchers say.

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Hydroxychloroquine can't stop COVID-19. It���s time to move on, scientists say
Aug 02 2020 6:00 AM

Hydroxychloroquine doesn't work as antiviral or a treatment for COVID-19, an abundance of scientific data suggest.

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Coronavirus outbreak at a Georgia overnight camp infected over 200 kids and staff
Jul 31 2020 5:55 PM

A report documenting a COVID-19 outbreak in Georgia hints that children might play a key role in spreading the virus.

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Human sperm don't swim the way that anyone had thought
Jul 31 2020 2:00 PM

High-speed 3-D microscopy and mathematical analyses reveal that rolling and lopsided tail flicks keep the cells swimming in a straight line.

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To save Appalachia's endangered mussels, scientists hatched a bold plan
Jul 31 2020 11:00 AM

Biologists have just begun to learn whether their bold plan worked to save the golden riffleshell, a freshwater mussel teetering on the brink of extinction.

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