Science & Health
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White House Coronavirus Task Force Update: Everything Going About as Badly As You’d Expect
Estimated cases of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. have surged well past eight million, with estimates of about 220,000 confirmed deaths, and the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates the country is currently on course for nearly 400,000 total deaths by February. The White House is, if it’s even possible,…
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NASA’s Next Moonsuit Is Going to Be Damned Impressive
NASA is preparing to send a woman and a man to the Moon in 2024, in what will be the first mission to the lunar surface in 52 years. The new spacesuit being designed for the mission is sleek and ultra high-tech, with a swath of features not possible during the Apollo era. Here’s what…
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Looks Like Japan Is Going Ahead With Plan to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into the Ocean
The writing has been on the wall for a while now, but it finally appears that Japan is ready to proceed with dumping over 1 million tons of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The water will be treated to remove some — but not all — of the contaminants.…
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Scimitar-Toothed Cats Hunted Prey to Exhaustion, DNA Study Suggests
Scientists have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat species known as Homotherium latidens, also called the scimitar-toothed cat. The resulting DNA analysis suggests these Pleistocene predators were fearsome pack hunters capable of running for long distances as they chased their prey to exhaustion.