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Lung cell images show how intense a coronavirus infection can be

Sep 15 2020 6:00 AM

Microscopic views reveal virus particles coating the hairlike cilia of an airway cell from the lungs.

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Phosphine gas found in Venus' atmosphere may be 'a possible sign of life'

Sep 14 2020 11:00 AM

Astronomers have detected a stinky, toxic gas in Venus' clouds that could be a sign of life, or some strange unknown chemistry.

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Earth's rarest diamonds form from primordial carbon in the mantle

Sep 14 2020 8:00 AM

Chemical analyses of the rarest diamonds suggest the planet's carbon cycle may not go as deep as scientists thought.

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Treatments that target the coronavirus in the nose might help prevent COVID-19

Sep 14 2020 6:00 AM

Scientists are developing and testing ways to prevent the virus from settling in prime nasal real estate.

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College athletes show signs of possible heart injury after COVID-19

Sep 11 2020 4:42 PM

Four of 26 college athletes, who had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19, may have had myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.

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This moth may outsmart smog by learning to like pollution-altered aromas

Sep 11 2020 6:00 AM

In the lab, scientists taught tobacco hawkmoths that a scent changed by ozone is from a favorite flower.

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Cosmologists have found one more way to be confused by dark matter.

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How does a crop's environment shape a food's smell and taste?
Sep 10 2020 9:00 AM

Scientific explorations of terroir - the soil, climate and orientation in which crops grow - hint at influences on flavors and aromas.

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Drones find signs of a Native American 'Great Settlement' beneath a Kansas pasture
Sep 10 2020 6:00 AM

An earthwork buried under a cattle ranch may be part of one of the largest Native American settlements ever established north of Mexico.

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Here���s what pausing the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial really means
Sep 09 2020 7:04 PM

A coronavirus vaccine trial was paused after a volunteer had a possible adverse reaction. Such routine measures help ensure new vaccines are safe.

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A sobering breakdown of severe COVID-19 cases shows young adults can���t dismiss it
Sep 09 2020 5:26 PM

Of about 3,200 people ages 18 to 34 hospitalized with COVID-19, nearly a quarter entered intensive care, and 10 percent were placed on ventilators.

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New maps show how warm water may reach Thwaites Glacier's icy underbelly
Sep 09 2020 10:19 AM

New seafloor maps around Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica reveal how deep channels could help warm ocean water melt the glacier from below.

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How COVID-19 worsened gender inequality in the U.S. workforce
Sep 09 2020 6:00 AM

Compared with men, the pandemic disproportionately hurt working women, including mothers of young children.

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A stray molar is the oldest known fossil from an ancient gibbon
Sep 08 2020 7:01 PM

A newly described tooth puts ancestors of these small-bodied apes in India roughly 13 million years ago.

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This hummingbird survives cold nights by nearly freezing itself solid
Sep 08 2020 7:01 PM

To survive cold Andean nights, the black metaltail saves energy by cooling itself to record-low temperatures, entering a state of suspended animation.

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Sea butterflies' shells determine how the snails swim
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New aquarium videos show that sea butterflies of various shapes and sizes flutter through water differently.

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