Science & Health
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Scientists Made a List of Every Place Aliens Could Be Hiding
A team searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence has put together an Exotica Catalogue, which lists every known type of celestial object, regardless of whether we understand it or not.
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Does Your Blood Type Affect Your Risk of Covid-19?
An intriguing study published last week found a link between covid-19 severity and having type A blood; type O blood, on the other hand, was linked to a lower chance of severe illness. But it’s unlikely that any potential connection between covid-19 and blood type will be very relevant to the average person.
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Bacteria Found in Nuclear Reactors Could Be the Secret to Faster, Cheaper Vaccines
The extremophile bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans was first discovered in 1956 at Oregon State University, where it was busy ruining a gamma ray experiment designed to sterilise a tin of ground meat. The “sterilised” meat spoiled, thanks to D. radiodurans and its preternatural durability in the face of radiation: The hearty microbe can withstand somewhere up…
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Early Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Sea Monsters Laid Squishy Eggs
New research suggests early dinosaurs laid eggs with soft shells, and mosasaurs ” gigantic marine reptiles ” did so, too, laying soft-shelled eggs of massive proportions.