Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Brain Hacking is Exceptionally Hard, No Matter What Elon Musk Says

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1 month ago

Brain Hacking is Exceptionally Hard, No Matter What Elon Musk Says

Andrew Jackson

Expert Explains Why an Aussie Crocodile Acted Like a Whale In Viral Video

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1 month ago

Expert Explains Why an Aussie Crocodile Acted Like a Whale In Viral Video

Sarah Basford Canales

Report: Earth May Temporarily Pass Dangerous 1.5℃ Warming Limit by 2024

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1 month ago

Report: Earth May Temporarily Pass Dangerous 1.5℃ Warming Limit by 2024

Pep Canadell and Rob Jackson

Queensland Scientists Have Successfully Created Zombie Avocados

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1 month ago

Queensland Scientists Have Successfully Created Zombie Avocados

Sarah Basford Canales

What is the Bermuda Triangle and Why is it Considered Dangerous?

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1 month ago

What is the Bermuda Triangle and Why is it Considered Dangerous?

Shane Satterley

Leopard Slugs Mate In The Most Beautifully Bizarre Way, And Nobody Knows Why

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1 month ago

Leopard Slugs Mate In The Most Beautifully Bizarre Way, And Nobody Knows Why

Angus Davison

Humans Are Pushing Animals to the Brink — But It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

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1 month ago

Humans Are Pushing Animals to the Brink — But It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

Dharna Noor

Cameras

1 month ago

Gigantic Camera Snaps First-Ever 3,200-Megapixel Digital Photos

George Dvorsky

How to Read That Damning Sturgis Motorcycle Rally ‘Superspreader’ Study Like a Scientist

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1 month ago

How to Read That Damning Sturgis Motorcycle Rally ‘Superspreader’ Study Like a Scientist

Ed Cara

Here’s What We Know So Far About the AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Halt

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1 month ago

Here’s What We Know So Far About the AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Halt

Ed Cara

An 82,000-Person Oregon Town Has Been Evacuated as the U.S. Wildfire Crisis Worsens

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1 month ago

An 82,000-Person Oregon Town Has Been Evacuated as the U.S. Wildfire Crisis Worsens

Dharna Noor

Several Fish Can Secretly Walk on Land, Study Suggests

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1 month ago

Several Fish Can Secretly Walk on Land, Study Suggests

George Dvorsky

Our Phones Are Colour Correcting the Apocalypse

Cameras

1 month ago

Our Phones Are Colour Correcting the Apocalypse

Victoria Song

Science & Health

1 month ago

Oh Crap, Major UN Climate Study Finds

Brian Kahn

Research Reveals Shocking Detail on How Australia’s Environmental Scientists are Being Silenced

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1 month ago

Research Reveals Shocking Detail on How Australia’s Environmental Scientists are Being Silenced

Don Driscoll and Bob Pressey and Euan Ritchie and Noel D Preece

Across the World, Trees are Growing Faster, Dying Younger and Will Soon Store Less Carbon

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1 month ago

Across the World, Trees are Growing Faster, Dying Younger and Will Soon Store Less Carbon

Roel Brienen and Emanuel Gloor

Oxford Scientists: These Are Final Steps We’re Taking to Get Our Coronavirus Vaccine Approved

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1 month ago

Oxford Scientists: These Are Final Steps We’re Taking to Get Our Coronavirus Vaccine Approved

Rebecca Ashfield and Pedro Folegatti

No One Knows What Lurks at the Bottom of This Freakishly Deep Submerged Cave

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1 month ago

No One Knows What Lurks at the Bottom of This Freakishly Deep Submerged Cave

George Dvorsky

Another Sweeping Search for Aliens Comes Up Short

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1 month ago

Another Sweeping Search for Aliens Comes Up Short

George Dvorsky

States Are Closing Oil Rigs at an Alarming Rate

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1 month ago

States Are Closing Oil Rigs at an Alarming Rate

Dharna Noor

An Incomplete List of the Past 72 Hours of Unprecedented Weather-Related Calamities In The U.S.

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1 month ago

An Incomplete List of the Past 72 Hours of Unprecedented Weather-Related Calamities In The U.S.

Brian Kahn

Antarctica and Greenland Are on Track for the Worst-Case Climate Scenario

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1 month ago

Antarctica and Greenland Are on Track for the Worst-Case Climate Scenario

Dharna Noor

Western U.S. Faces Major Record-Setting Weather Extremes

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1 month ago

Western U.S. Faces Major Record-Setting Weather Extremes

Brian Kahn

There’s No Evidence That Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Help with Sleep

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1 month ago

There’s No Evidence That Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Help with Sleep

Tareq Yousef

Aussie Invention Could Save Old Coal Stations by Running Them on Zero-Emissions ‘Lego’ Blocks

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1 month ago

Aussie Invention Could Save Old Coal Stations by Running Them on Zero-Emissions ‘Lego’ Blocks

Erich Kisi and Alexander Post

Vegan Leather Made From Mushrooms Could Mould the Future of Sustainable Fashion

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1 month ago

Vegan Leather Made From Mushrooms Could Mould the Future of Sustainable Fashion

Mitchell P. Jones

Why ‘Vaccine Nationalism’ Could Doom Plan for Global Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine

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1 month ago

Why ‘Vaccine Nationalism’ Could Doom Plan for Global Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine

Adam Kamradt-Scott

The Truth Is Out There But This Australian Telescope Did Not Find It

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1 month ago

The Truth Is Out There But This Australian Telescope Did Not Find It

Sarah Basford Canales

China Launched and Landed a Secret Reusable Spacecraft While You Weren’t Looking

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1 month ago

China Launched and Landed a Secret Reusable Spacecraft While You Weren’t Looking

Jody Serrano

CRISPR Can Help Combat the Troubling Immune Response Against Gene Therapy

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1 month ago

CRISPR Can Help Combat the Troubling Immune Response Against Gene Therapy

Samira Kiani

Scientists Capture Rare Footage of Mother Skink Fighting a Deadly Brown Snake to Protect Her Babies

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1 month ago

Scientists Capture Rare Footage of Mother Skink Fighting a Deadly Brown Snake to Protect Her Babies

Gregory Watson and Jolanta Watson

How Phases of the Moon Affect Native Australian Wildlife

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1 month ago

How Phases of the Moon Affect Native Australian Wildlife

Euan Ritchie and Courtney Marneweck and Grant Linley

Face Masks and Facial Recognition Will Both Be Common in the Future — How Will They Co-Exist?

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1 month ago

Face Masks and Facial Recognition Will Both Be Common in the Future — How Will They Co-Exist?

Paul Haskell-Dowland

WHO Says Corticosteroids Really Do Save Lives of People Critically Ill with COVID-19

Science & Health

1 month ago

WHO Says Corticosteroids Really Do Save Lives of People Critically Ill with COVID-19

Andrew McLachlan

The Expanse’s World Is Getting Bigger in a New Comic From Boom Studios

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1 month ago

The Expanse’s World Is Getting Bigger in a New Comic From Boom Studios

Charles Pulliam-Moore

How I Learned To Let Go Of My Absent Father

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1 month ago

How I Learned To Let Go Of My Absent Father

Tegan Jones

What I Learned From a Week of Responding to My Haters

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2 months ago

What I Learned From a Week of Responding to My Haters

Brian Kahn

Star Trek’s Official Klingon Bloodwine Lets You Get Smashed Like Worf

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2 months ago

Star Trek’s Official Klingon Bloodwine Lets You Get Smashed Like Worf

James Whitbrook

Joe Biden Touts Endorsement From the Guy Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan

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2 months ago

Joe Biden Touts Endorsement From the Guy Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan

Dharna Noor

Large Study Finds Link Between Hair Dye And a Certain Type of Breast Cancer

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2 months ago

Large Study Finds Link Between Hair Dye And a Certain Type of Breast Cancer

Ed Cara

South and North Korea Are Bracing for Their Second Typhoon in a Week

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2 months ago

South and North Korea Are Bracing for Their Second Typhoon in a Week

Dharna Noor

A Plan to Cool Us Down Without Burning Up the Planet

Science & Health

2 months ago

A Plan to Cool Us Down Without Burning Up the Planet

Dharna Noor

This Battery-Free Game Boy Is the First Step Toward Ensuring Gaming Doesn’t Wreck the Planet

Gadgets

2 months ago

This Battery-Free Game Boy Is the First Step Toward Ensuring Gaming Doesn’t Wreck the Planet

Victoria Song

Science & Health

2 months ago

Why Does Gravity Exist?

David Blair

Astronomers Spot a Black Hole so Massive They Weren’t Sure it Could Exist

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2 months ago

Astronomers Spot a Black Hole so Massive They Weren’t Sure it Could Exist

Ilya Mandel

Coronavirus Can Cause Extreme Diarrhoea, Stomache Aches and Nausea

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2 months ago

Coronavirus Can Cause Extreme Diarrhoea, Stomache Aches and Nausea

Vincent Ho

NASA Blasts The Shit Out Of The Desert In Deep Space Rocket Test

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2 months ago

NASA Blasts The Shit Out Of The Desert In Deep Space Rocket Test

Erin Marquis

The Beginning of the End of the Plastic Era Is Here

Science & Health

2 months ago

The Beginning of the End of the Plastic Era Is Here

Brian Kahn

Arctic Fires Have Never Released This Much Carbon Dioxide

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2 months ago

Arctic Fires Have Never Released This Much Carbon Dioxide

Brian Kahn

California Is About to Get Its Second Major Heat Wave in Less Than a Month

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2 months ago

California Is About to Get Its Second Major Heat Wave in Less Than a Month

Dharna Noor

The Pandemic Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Our Mental Health, Study Finds

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2 months ago

The Pandemic Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Our Mental Health, Study Finds

Ed Cara

COVID-19 Has Caused an ‘Explosion’ of Plastic Pollution

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2 months ago

COVID-19 Has Caused an ‘Explosion’ of Plastic Pollution

Holly Brockwell

Microsoft’s Made a Tool to Spot Deepfakes

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2 months ago

Microsoft’s Made a Tool to Spot Deepfakes

Holly Brockwell

Coronavirus Antibodies Can Last at Least Four Months, Large Iceland Study Finds

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2 months ago

Coronavirus Antibodies Can Last at Least Four Months, Large Iceland Study Finds

Ed Cara

Asphalt Could Be Making Air Pollution Worse In The U.S.

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2 months ago

Asphalt Could Be Making Air Pollution Worse In The U.S.

Dharna Noor

Bering Sea Ice Hasn’t Been This Low in at Least 5,500 Years

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2 months ago

Bering Sea Ice Hasn’t Been This Low in at Least 5,500 Years

Brian Kahn

The WHO Now Recommends Cheap Steroids As a Life-Saving Treatment for Severe Covid-19

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2 months ago

The WHO Now Recommends Cheap Steroids As a Life-Saving Treatment for Severe Covid-19

Ed Cara

Your Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Arctic

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2 months ago

Your Blue Jeans Are Polluting the Arctic

Dharna Noor

Neuralink Put a Chip in Gertrude the Pig’s Brain and it Might Be Useful One Day

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2 months ago

Neuralink Put a Chip in Gertrude the Pig’s Brain and it Might Be Useful One Day

Angela Renton

An Aussie Scientist Discovered Honey Bee Venom is Very Good at Killing Breast Cancer Cells

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2 months ago

An Aussie Scientist Discovered Honey Bee Venom is Very Good at Killing Breast Cancer Cells

Cam Wilson

How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Right

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2 months ago

How Do You Weigh a Dinosaur? There Are Two Ways, and it Turns Out They’re Both Right

Nicolas Campione

Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle Can Be Key to Achieving Exercise Goals

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2 months ago

Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle Can Be Key to Achieving Exercise Goals

Nicholas Fuller

White House Says It Won’t Help Global Vaccine Effort to Spite China, World Health Organisation

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2 months ago

White House Says It Won’t Help Global Vaccine Effort to Spite China, World Health Organisation

Tom McKay

Our Best Energy Solution Could Hurt Biodiversity If We’re Not Careful

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2 months ago

Our Best Energy Solution Could Hurt Biodiversity If We’re Not Careful

Dharna Noor

Monumental DNA Study Reveals Secrets of North American Mastodons

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2 months ago

Monumental DNA Study Reveals Secrets of North American Mastodons

Jeanne Timmons

Researchers May Have Found the First Treatment for Chronic Fainting

Science & Health

2 months ago

Researchers May Have Found the First Treatment for Chronic Fainting

Ed Cara

Science & Health

2 months ago

Exxon Is Reportedly Eyeing Layoffs

Brian Kahn

We Don’t Know How Much Air Pollution Hurricane Laura Caused

Science & Health

2 months ago

We Don’t Know How Much Air Pollution Hurricane Laura Caused

Dharna Noor

How Face Shields and Valve Masks Fail to Stop Infectious Droplets, as Shown by Lasers

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2 months ago

How Face Shields and Valve Masks Fail to Stop Infectious Droplets, as Shown by Lasers

Ed Cara

Everything Is Extremely Normal and Totally Fine

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2 months ago

Everything Is Extremely Normal and Totally Fine

Brian Kahn

Australian Scientists Have Created Electronic Skin That Can Feel Pain

Science & Health

2 months ago

Australian Scientists Have Created Electronic Skin That Can Feel Pain

Sarah Basford Canales

What is the COVID ‘Bubble’ Concept, and Could it Work in Australia?

Science & Health

2 months ago

What is the COVID ‘Bubble’ Concept, and Could it Work in Australia?

Mary-Louise McLaws

Is Mathematics Real? A Viral TikTok Video Raises a Legitimate Question with Exciting Answers

Science & Health

2 months ago

Is Mathematics Real? A Viral TikTok Video Raises a Legitimate Question with Exciting Answers

Daniel Mansfield

Amid the Hydrogen Hype, Let’s Talk About What Will Actually Work

Science & Health

2 months ago

Amid the Hydrogen Hype, Let’s Talk About What Will Actually Work

Jake Whitehead and Peter Newman and Thomas Bräunl

Behold Scott Pruitt’s Soundproof Panic Room, As Seen From His Other Panic Room

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2 months ago

Behold Scott Pruitt’s Soundproof Panic Room, As Seen From His Other Panic Room

Tom McKay

Ocean Infrastructure Has Basically Created Cities at Sea

Science & Health

2 months ago

Ocean Infrastructure Has Basically Created Cities at Sea

Brian Kahn

A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System

Science & Health

2 months ago

A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System

George Dvorsky

An Ancient Breed of Singing Dog Isn’t Extinct in the Wild After All

Science & Health

2 months ago

An Ancient Breed of Singing Dog Isn’t Extinct in the Wild After All

Ed Cara

Dead Whales and Dolphins Are Washing Up on Beaches Near the Mauritius Oil Spill

Science & Health

2 months ago

Dead Whales and Dolphins Are Washing Up on Beaches Near the Mauritius Oil Spill

Dharna Noor

What Will Post-Coronavirus Social Life Really Be Like?

Science & Health

2 months ago

What Will Post-Coronavirus Social Life Really Be Like?

Daniel Kolitz

Ancient Sea Creatures Spent Years Crossing the Ocean on Rafts, Here’s How it Was Possible

Science & Health

2 months ago

Ancient Sea Creatures Spent Years Crossing the Ocean on Rafts, Here’s How it Was Possible

Aaron W Hunter

When Bushfires Meet Old Septic Tanks, a Disease Outbreak is Only a Matter of Time

Science & Health

2 months ago

When Bushfires Meet Old Septic Tanks, a Disease Outbreak is Only a Matter of Time

Ian Lowe

A Boomer NASA Satellite Made a Final Fiery Flight Back to Earth

Science & Health

2 months ago

A Boomer NASA Satellite Made a Final Fiery Flight Back to Earth

Sarah Basford Canales

No-One Likes a Blackout, But Keeping the Lights On is About to Get Expensive

Science & Health

2 months ago

No-One Likes a Blackout, But Keeping the Lights On is About to Get Expensive

Dylan McConnell and Anne Kallies

As California Burns, Australians Watch On and Buckle Up

Science & Health

2 months ago

As California Burns, Australians Watch On and Buckle Up

David Bowman and Ross Bradstock

Wolverines Return to Mount Rainier After 100-Year Absence

Science & Health

2 months ago

Wolverines Return to Mount Rainier After 100-Year Absence

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

2 months ago

Seeing Hurricane Katrina in 2020 Vision

Mary Heglar

The Amazon Has Faced More Than 500 Major Fires Between May And August

Science & Health

2 months ago

The Amazon Has Faced More Than 500 Major Fires Between May And August

Dharna Noor

South Korea Holds Off Imposing Maximum Social Distancing Measures As Cases Surge

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2 months ago

South Korea Holds Off Imposing Maximum Social Distancing Measures As Cases Surge

Jody Serrano

Eleven Elephants Were Found Dead in Zimbabwe And No One Knows Why

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2 months ago

Eleven Elephants Were Found Dead in Zimbabwe And No One Knows Why

Alyse Stanley

Science & Health

2 months ago

Elon Musk Reveals His Cyborg Pigs

Alyse Stanley

Sleep Scientists Want to Cancel Daylight Saving Time

Science & Health

2 months ago

Sleep Scientists Want to Cancel Daylight Saving Time

Ed Cara

U.S. Republication National Convention Didn’t Employ Proper Coronavirus Precautions

Science & Health

2 months ago

U.S. Republication National Convention Didn’t Employ Proper Coronavirus Precautions

Tom McKay

New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward Is a Food Desert, But Residents Are Bringing It Back to Life

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2 months ago

New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward Is a Food Desert, But Residents Are Bringing It Back to Life

Yessenia Funes

Viking Sword Dug Up in Norway Likely Belonged to a Left-Handed Warrior

Science & Health

2 months ago

Viking Sword Dug Up in Norway Likely Belonged to a Left-Handed Warrior

George Dvorsky

Maybe It’s Time to Retire the Phrase ‘Big Oil’

Science & Health

2 months ago

Maybe It’s Time to Retire the Phrase ‘Big Oil’

Brian Kahn

Nevada Man Hospitalised After Apparent Coronavirus Reinfection

Science & Health

2 months ago

Nevada Man Hospitalised After Apparent Coronavirus Reinfection

Ed Cara

Bounce Music Helped Put New Orleans Back Together After Hurricane Katrina

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2 months ago

Bounce Music Helped Put New Orleans Back Together After Hurricane Katrina

Dharna Noor

Children Might Play a Bigger Role in COVID Transmission Than First Thought

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2 months ago

Children Might Play a Bigger Role in COVID Transmission Than First Thought

Zoë Hyde

As Lunar Mining Looms, A Change of Perspective Could Protect Earth’s Ancient Companion

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2 months ago

As Lunar Mining Looms, A Change of Perspective Could Protect Earth’s Ancient Companion

Alice Gorman

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