Science & Health
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Extremely Sensitive Dark Matter Experiment Detects Something Weird
A mysterious signal has appeared in an extremely sensitive dark matter-hunting experiment. And after more than a year of trying to convince themselves that they were looking at noise, scientists think they might have found something new.
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Common Steroid Drug Shows Lifesaving Results In Large Coronavirus Trial
A widely used and cheap steroid treatment appears to be the first to show a definitive lifesaving benefit for people with severe covid-19. In a large clinical trial funded by the UK government and others, the drug dexamethasone was found to reduce the odds of death in patients who needed a ventilator to breathe by…
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The Solar Orbiter Has Entered a Thrilling New Phase of Its Journey to the Sun
The Solar Orbiter project, a collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA, has begun a critical new stage of the mission after the probe’s first close encounter with the Sun.
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Rare, Nearly Extinct Parasite May Have Resurfaced in Vietnam, Doctors Say
Doctors in Vietnam this week say that they’ve made a mysterious and — if accurate — alarming discovery: A local resident has been infested with the nearly extinct Guinea worm. But Guinea worm experts are still trying to confirm whether this case is the genuine article, and if so, how the worm managed to reach…