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Life on Earth may have begun in hostile hot springs

Sep 24 2020 6:00 AM

What researchers learn at hot springs and seafloor vents may guide the search for life on icy moons and Mars.

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A beaked whale's nearly four-hour-long dive sets a new record

Sep 23 2020 6:00 PM

The animals may rely on large stores of oxygen, a slow metabolism and the ability to tolerate lactic acid to go for hours without surfacing for air.

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Global warming may lead to practically irreversible Antarctic melting

Sep 23 2020 4:32 PM

Simulations suggest that even if the Paris climate goals are met, melting Antarctica ice will still cause sea levels to rise by more than 2 meters.

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A mother mouse's gut microbes help wire her pup's brain

Sep 23 2020 12:53 PM

The pups of mice lacking gut microbes, and the compounds they make, have altered nerve cells in part of the brain and a lowered sensitivity to touch.

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EHT data show turbulence makes the glowing ring around M87's black hole wobble

Sep 23 2020 10:15 AM

Event Horizon Telescope data spanning nearly a decade reveal that the appearance of the supermassive black hole inside galaxy M87 changes over time.

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Early immune responses may be why younger people get less sick from COVID-19

Sep 23 2020 6:00 AM

Age-related differences in coronavirus immune defenses hint that a boost in early immune responses from drugs or a vaccine could help protect people.

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Antibodies made in the lab show some promise for treating COVID-19
Sep 22 2020 3:40 PM

Preliminary results from two companies hint that the proteins can help COVID-19 patients from needing hospitalization or ventilation.

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Stellar winds hint at how planetary nebulae get their stunning shapes
Sep 22 2020 6:00 AM

Observations of red giant stars reveal that planets or even other stars may influence the shape of a nebula's cloud of dust and gas.

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Rosetta data reveal an invisible ultraviolet aurora around comet 67P
Sep 21 2020 11:00 AM

Solar wind electrons smash water molecules in the comet's coma to make the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's version of the northern lights.

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A tiny crustacean fossil contains roughly 100-million-year-old giant sperm
Sep 21 2020 6:00 AM

Giant sperm preserved in an ancient ostracod may be the oldest known sperm fossil, showing that giant sperm have existed at least 100 million years.

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Cheap, innovative venom treatments could save tens of thousands of snakebite victims
Sep 19 2020 6:00 AM

Momentum is building to finally tackle a neglected health problem that strikes poor, rural communities.

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What will happen when COVID-19 and the flu collide this fall?
Sep 18 2020 4:43 PM

As the Northern Hemisphere braces for a coronavirus-flu double hit, it's unclear if it'll be a deadly combo or one virus will squeeze out the other.

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What we know and don't know about wildfire smoke's health risks
Sep 18 2020 2:21 PM

As wildfires become more frequent and severe in California, Oregon and throughout the West Coast, concerns rise about harmful air pollution.

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50 years ago, scientists were on the trail of a brain-eating amoeba
Sep 18 2020 7:19 AM

In 1970, scientists were studying a brain-eating amoeba that had been implicated in a newfound disease. Today, infections by the parasite are still poorly understood.

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Seven footprints may be the oldest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula
Sep 17 2020 4:51 PM

In what's now desert, people and other animals stopped to drink at a lake more than 100,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

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Underwater earthquakes' sound waves reveal changes in ocean warming
Sep 17 2020 2:00 PM

A new technique uses the echoes of earthquakes in seawater to track the impact of climate change on the oceans.

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