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Hear from people taking action against COVID-19

Dec 10 2020 6:00 AM

Researchers, a health care worker, a clinical trial volunteer and others share their experiences during the pandemic

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Top 10 questions I'd ask an alien from the Galactic Federation

Dec 09 2020 5:03 PM

An interview with E.T. would be a journalist's dream, but it's not very likely.

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In the past 15 years, climate change has transformed the Arctic

Dec 09 2020 11:16 AM

Accumulating evidence and new tools have helped scientists better understand how the Arctic is changing, but the pace has been faster than expected.

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Enormous X-ray bubbles balloon from the center of the Milky Way

Dec 09 2020 11:00 AM

Images from the the eROSITA telescope reveal X-ray-emitting blobs surrounding gamma-ray bubbles.

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As 2020 comes to an end, here's what we still don't know about COVID-19

Dec 09 2020 6:00 AM

After making fast progress understanding COVID-19, researchers are still in search of answers.

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Ancient people may have survived desert droughts by melting ice in lava tubes

Dec 08 2020 8:00 AM

Bands of charcoal from fires lit long ago, found in an ice core from a New Mexico cave, correspond to five periods of drought over 800 years.

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Here are answers to 6 burning questions about COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 08 2020 6:00 AM

There are still important unknowns about how Pfizer's vaccine and others will work once they get injected in people around the world.

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Hayabusa2's asteroid dirt may hold clues to the early solar system
Dec 07 2020 5:59 PM

"We collected the treasure box," a Japanese space scientist announced after a capsule holding samples from asteroid Ryugu safely landed on Earth.

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Giant pandas may roll in horse poop to feel warm
Dec 07 2020 3:24 PM

By coating themselves in fresh horse manure, wild giant pandas may be seeking a chemical in the poop that inhibits a cold-sensing protein.

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An enormous supervolcano may be hiding under Alaskan islands
Dec 07 2020 10:58 AM

A geologic game of connect the dots reveals hints that Mount Cleveland, the Aleutians' most active volcano, may sit on a giant undersea crater.

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Here are 10 of Arecibo's coolest achievements
Dec 07 2020 6:00 AM

The now-defunct Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico made myriad discoveries over its 57-year run, including of pulsar planets and ice on Mercury.

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Why losing Arecibo is a big deal for astronomy
Dec 04 2020 12:16 PM

The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory has collapsed, robbing scientists of a special tool for studying everything from asteroids to galaxies.

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50 years ago, scientists caught their first glimpse of amino acids from outer space
Dec 04 2020 8:00 AM

In 1970, scientists detected amino acids in a meteorite. Fifty years later, a variety of chemical ingredients for life have been found in other space rocks.

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Two stones fuel debate over when America's first settlers arrived
Dec 04 2020 6:00 AM

Stones possibly used to break mastodon bones 130,000 years ago in what is now California get fresh scrutiny.

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The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy
Dec 03 2020 2:00 PM

A second type of quantum computer has now performed a calculation impossible for a traditional computer.

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Ancient humans may have deliberately voyaged to Japan's Ryukyu Islands
Dec 03 2020 11:00 AM

Satellite-tracked buoys suggest that long ago, a remote Japanese archipelago was reached by explorers on purpose, not accidentally.

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