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In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet

Aug 18 2020 6:00 AM

Scientists have caught a space rock in the act of shifting from a Kuiper Belt object to a comet. That process won't be complete until 2063.

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Death Valley hits 130�� F, the hottest recorded temperature on Earth since 1931

Aug 17 2020 4:32 PM

Amid a heat wave in the western United States, California's Death Valley is back in the record books with the third hottest temperature ever recorded.

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How two new fungus species got named after the COVID-19 pandemic

Aug 17 2020 12:00 PM

Tiny fuzz on a beetle and fake leopard spots on palms now have Latin names that will forever nod to the new coronavirus.

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Hubble watched a lunar eclipse to see Earth from an alien's perspective

Aug 17 2020 6:00 AM

Hubble observed sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere during a lunar eclipse to see what a habitable exoplanet's atmosphere might look like.

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Hurricanes have names. Some climate experts say heat waves should, too

Aug 14 2020 9:00 AM

A newly formed international alliance aims to raise awareness about extreme temperatures and protect vulnerable populations.

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Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Aug 14 2020 6:00 AM

Even solitary rituals bind us to our groups and help calm anxieties. What happens when those traditions are upended?

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Interfaith soccer teams eased Muslim-Christian tensions - to a point
Aug 13 2020 5:20 PM

Soccer bonded Christian and Muslim teammates in Iraq, but that camaraderie didn't change attitudes.

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Newly discovered cells in mice can sense four of the five tastes
Aug 13 2020 2:08 PM

Some cells in mice can sense bitter, sweet, sour and umami. Without the cells, some flavor signals don't get to the ultimate tastemaker - the brain.

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The oldest known grass beds from 200,000 years ago included insect repellents
Aug 13 2020 2:00 PM

Found in South Africa, 200,000-year-old bedding remnants included fossilized grass, bug-repelling ash and once aromatic camphor leaves.

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Climate change, not hunters, may have killed off woolly rhinos
Aug 13 2020 11:00 AM

Ancient DNA indicates that numbers of woolly rhinos held steady long after people arrived on the scene.

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4 reasons you shouldn���t trash your neck gaiter based on the new mask study
Aug 12 2020 6:30 PM

Despite news coverage to the contrary, the study was meant to figure out how to evaluate masks, not actually do the comparison.

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Four types of flames join forces to make this eerie 'blue whirl'
Aug 12 2020 2:00 PM

Pinning down the structure of the "amazingly complex" blaze could help scientists control it.

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A single molecule may entice normally solitary locusts to form massive swarms
Aug 12 2020 11:00 AM

Scientists pinpoint a compound emitted by locusts that could inform new ways of controlling the pests.

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Paradoxically, white dwarf stars shrink as they gain mass
Aug 12 2020 6:00 AM

Observations of thousands of white dwarf stars have confirmed a decades-old theory about the relationship between their masses and sizes.

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Here's what we know about Russia���s unverified coronavirus vaccine
Aug 11 2020 7:09 PM

Despite incomplete testing, Sputnik-V may be the first COVID-19 vaccine given to the general public, rolling out initially to teachers and doctors.

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A new Galileo biography draws parallels to today's science denialism
Aug 11 2020 8:00 AM

'Galileo and the Science Deniers' delivers a fresh assessment of the life of a scientific legend and offers lessons for today.

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