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How environmental changes may have helped make ancient humans more adaptable

Oct 21 2020 3:42 PM

An East African sediment core unveils ecological changes underlying a key Stone Age transition.

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx survived its risky mission to grab a piece of an asteroid

Oct 21 2020 11:26 AM

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just tried to grab a piece of asteroid Bennu. If successful, the spacecraft will return the sample to Earth in 2023.

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The diabolical ironclad beetle can survive getting run over by a car. Here���s how

Oct 21 2020 11:00 AM

The diabolical ironclad beetle is an incredibly tough little creature. A peek inside its exoskeleton reveals what makes it virtually uncrushable.

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Naked mole-rats invade neighboring colonies and steal babies

Oct 20 2020 12:00 PM

Naked mole-rats invade neighboring colonies, steal pups and evict any others left behind. The show of force may be central to their underground lifestyle.

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Even the deepest, coldest parts of the ocean are getting warmer

Oct 20 2020 8:00 AM

Deep-sea temperatures seem to be rising, but it's too soon to say whether that's a result of climate change caused by humans, researchers say.

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Fire ants build little syphons out of sand to feed without drowning

Oct 20 2020 6:00 AM

To escape a watery death, some fire ants use build sand structures that draw the insects' sugary, liquid food out of containers and to a safer place.

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A rope bridge restored a highway through the trees for endangered gibbons
Oct 19 2020 12:00 PM

When critically endangered Hainan gibbons started making dangerous leaps across a new gully, researchers came up with an alternative route.

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We still don't know what COVID-19 immunity means or how long it lasts
Oct 19 2020 8:00 AM

Without knowing how long immunity lasts, it may be impossible to reach herd immunity without a vaccine or an extremely high death toll.

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Heating deltamethrin may help it kill pesticide-resistant mosquitoes
Oct 19 2020 6:00 AM

A simple chemical trick creates a much faster-acting form of a common insecticide, which could help fight malaria and other mosquito-borne illnesses.

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Remdesivir doesn't reduce COVID-19 deaths, a large WHO trial finds
Oct 16 2020 5:59 PM

An international study of more than 11,000 people finds that remdesivir doesn't prevent deaths from COVID-19, but the drug may still be useful.

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Can supplements really help fight COVID-19? Here's what we know and don't know
Oct 16 2020 2:09 PM

Unless you're deficient, there's little evidence yet for taking Vitamin D and other supplements to treat or prevent a coronavirus infection.

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Turning space images into music makes astronomy more accessible
Oct 16 2020 6:00 AM

Music created from telescope data helps people with blindness and visual impairments experience the wonders of astronomy, and could aid research.

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The FDA has approved the first treatment for Ebola
Oct 15 2020 12:48 PM

Lab-made antibodies developed by Regeneron marshal an immune response and curb the Ebola virus's ability to infect cells.

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A spherical star cluster has surprisingly few heavy elements
Oct 15 2020 10:58 AM

A globular cluster in the nearby Andromeda galaxy challenges conventional wisdom about how galaxies form.

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A documentary and a Bollywood film highlight two disparate paths in mathematics
Oct 15 2020 6:00 AM

An unlikely pair of films recount tales of two very different mathematical women, Maryam Mirzakhani and Shakuntala Devi.

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How planting 70 million eelgrass seeds led to an ecosystem's rapid recovery
Oct 14 2020 12:00 PM

The study is a blueprint for restoration efforts that capitalize on seagrass habitats' capacity to store carbon and that can be replicated elsewhere.

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