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NASA Telescopes Team Up to Produce Stupendously Purple Views of Space
Four remarkable cosmic scenes were recently imaged by four NASA space observatories — the Webb Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Hubble Space Telescope — to showcase the objects as never before.
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Earth Will Receive an ‘Alien’ Transmission From Mars This Week
The prospect of receiving an alien signal is both exhilarating and daunting, and we’ll actually get to experience it on Wednesday — or at least, a simulation of such a thing, as a group of scientists and artists carry out a fascinating SETI experiment.
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Scientists Built a Giant Human Scent Buffet to Learn How Mosquitoes Find Us
Researchers created a giant sniffing arena for mosquitoes, all in hopes of understanding why they’re so drawn to us. Among other things, they found that human body odor was more alluring to the insects than the mere presence of carbon dioxide, a chemical that we exhale.
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Allergic to Eggs? Not These Eggs
Chicken eggs are one of the most common food allergens, especially among children. Many people outgrow their egg allergy, but for those who don’t, avoiding eggs and all of the products that contain them can be a lifetime challenge. Adding to the difficulty: Some vaccines are produced using chicken embryos and contain egg proteins as…