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STEVE may be even less like typical auroras than scientists thought

Nov 12 2020 6:00 AM

The purple-and-green, atmospheric light show nicknamed STEVE just got even stranger.

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Once hurricanes make landfall, they're lingering longer and staying stronger

Nov 11 2020 11:00 AM

Warmer ocean waters due to human-caused climate change can help power hurricanes' fury even after they roar ashore.

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Protecting the brain from infection may start with a gut reaction

Nov 11 2020 9:00 AM

In mice, immune cells in the meninges are trained to battle infections in the gut before migrating to the brain.

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Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing. Here's what it will take to gain control

Nov 11 2020 6:00 AM

Basic public health measures can still curb COVID-19, if everyone does their part.

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With Theta, 2020 sets the record for most named Atlantic storms

Nov 10 2020 11:54 AM

Climate change is expected to fuel fewer - yet more intense - Atlantic storms. With a whopping 29 storms but few strong ones, 2020 may be an outlier.

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A new portable device can reveal a chili pepper's heat

Nov 10 2020 9:00 AM

The "Chilica-pod" measures levels of the fiery capsaicin compound in peppers.

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These are science's Top 10 erroneous results
Nov 10 2020 6:00 AM

A weird form of life, a weird form of water and faster-than-light neutrinos are among the science findings that have not survived closer scrutiny.

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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective, preliminary trial data show
Nov 09 2020 4:21 PM

An analysis of 94 COVID-19 cases shows that the mRNA-based vaccine can protect people from getting sick, though the trial is ongoing.

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Jupiter's icy moon Europa may glow in the dark
Nov 09 2020 11:00 AM

Europa's potential "ice glow" could help scientists map the chemical composition of its surface - and the ocean underneath.

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Penicillin allergies may be linked to one immune system gene
Nov 09 2020 6:46 AM

Researchers have located a shared hot spot - on the HLA-B gene - in the immune system in people who say they have penicillin allergies.

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FDA advisory panel declines to support a controversial Alzheimer's treatment
Nov 06 2020 6:25 PM

The fate of an Alzheimer's drug, developed by pharmaceutical company Biogen, remains up in the air.

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A smartwatch app alerts users with hearing loss to nearby sounds
Nov 06 2020 8:00 AM

With a new smartwatch app, users who are deaf or hard of hearing can get alerts that an alarm is going off or someone is knocking at the door.

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A blue-green glow adds to platypuses' long list of bizarre features
Nov 06 2020 6:00 AM

The discovery of platypuses' fluorescent fur has researchers wondering if the trait is more widespread among mammals than anyone has realized.

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An ancient amphibian is the oldest known animal with a slingshot tongue
Nov 05 2020 3:53 PM

A tiny amphibian that lived 99 million years ago waited for invertebrate prey before snatching them with a swift, shooting tongue.

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How passion, luck and sweat saved some of North America's rarest plants
Nov 05 2020 10:30 AM

As the list of plants no longer found in the wild grows, botanists and conservationists search for signs of hope - and sometimes get lucky.

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The Milky Way makes little galaxies bloom, then snuffs them out
Nov 05 2020 6:00 AM

When dwarf galaxies cross the Milky Way's frontier, our galaxy compresses their gas, sparking star birth, but then robs them of their star-making gas.

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