Science & Health
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Beirut Blast Ranks Among History’s Most Powerful Accidental Explosions
By analysing videos uploaded to social media, scientists have calculated the strength of the blast that devastated the city of Beirut in August, finding it to be among the biggest non-nuclear explosions in human history.
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Trump Returning to White House to Possibly Infect Remaining Allies
Donald Trump, who disclosed last Friday that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus, announced his intent to leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Monday and return to the White House.
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Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog
Even with sophisticated cameras and laser scanners that can see all the way around a vehicle, autonomous vehicles have just as much trouble driving in thick fog as humans do. They could soon have an advantage, however, as researchers have created a new imaging system that can see through obstructions like fog, or at least…
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Many Big-Brained Birds Have Human-Like Lifespans — but Why?
Some birds are gifted with shockingly long lives. In captivity, crows can live into their 50s. Certain parrot species can live nearly a century. Curiously, these birds also have proportionately massive brains, which power considerable (and sometimes unnerving) intelligence. According to new research, it turns out that this longevity and brain size are closely linked:…