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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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Blood donations show that the United States is still nowhere near herd immunity
Sep 17 2020 6:00 AM

Testing donated blood for antibodies to the coronavirus highlights that the vast majority of the United States remains susceptible to infection.

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'The Origins of You' explores how kids develop into their adult selves
Sep 16 2020 11:00 AM

A new book describes the interplay of nature and nurture as children, at least in Western societies, grow up.

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Ancient Lystrosaurus tusks may show the oldest signs of a hibernation-like state
Sep 16 2020 8:00 AM

Oddball ancestors of mammals called Lystrosaurus might have slowed way down during polar winters.

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Neutrinos could reveal how fast radio bursts are launched
Sep 16 2020 6:00 AM

Highly magnetized stellar corpses called magnetars may be the source of two different cosmic enigmas: fast radio bursts and high-energy neutrinos.

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A Game Boy look-alike runs on solar panels and button smashes
Sep 15 2020 2:27 PM

A new prototype console that looks and feels like the original Game Boy harnesses user-generated energy to run without batteries.

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How do you clean up clingy space dust? Zap it with an electron beam
Sep 15 2020 8:00 AM

An electron beam is the newest addition to a suite of technologies for cleaning sticky and damaging lunar dust off surfaces.

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Lung cell images show how intense a coronavirus infection can be
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Microscopic views reveal virus particles coating the hairlike cilia of an airway cell from the lungs.

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