Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions
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Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions
A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic records. The Polystoechotes punctata (giant lacewing) is the first of its kind recorded in eastern North America in over ...
New testing approach diagnoses COVID-19 with near-perfect accuracy
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New testing approach diagnoses COVID-19 with near-perfect accuracy
By inspecting the body's immune response at a molecular level, a research team has developed a new way to test patients for COVID-19. Their method can potentially catch infections a matter of hours after ...
Study of Yellow River flooding over past 1,000 years shows human activities made flooding worse
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Study of Yellow River flooding over past 1,000 years shows human activities made flooding worse
A team of geologists, paleontologists and environmental scientists from Jiangsu Normal University and the Chinese Academy of Science, working with a colleague from Coastal Carolina University, has found ...
Vaping CBD causes more severe lung damage than vaping nicotine, new study shows
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Vaping CBD causes more severe lung damage than vaping nicotine, new study shows
Vaping cannabidiol (CBD), a compound found in marijuana, leads to more severe lung damage than vaping nicotine, according to a study by researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Until now, ...
Researchers find sea urchin die-offs threaten Caribbean coral reefs
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Researchers find sea urchin die-offs threaten Caribbean coral reefs
The sustained loss of a once-abundant species of sea urchin in the Caribbean could also result in the functional extinction of diverse coral species from the region's reefs, according to new research ...
Hubble Finds Star-Forming Clumps in Six Jellyfish Galaxies | Sci.News
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Hubble Finds Star-Forming Clumps in Six Jellyfish Galaxies | Sci.News
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed clumps of star formation in the tails and disks of six ram-pressure stripped (jellyfish) galaxies.
Chemists Develop New Technique to Synthesize Lewis Superacids | Sci.News
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Chemists Develop New Technique to Synthesize Lewis Superacids | Sci.News
Lewis superacids are very special catalysts that can be used to break strong chemical bonds in non-biodegradable fluorinated hydrocarbons and climate-damaging greenhouse gases.
Girl who died of bird flu did not have widely-circulating variant
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Girl who died of bird flu did not have widely-circulating variant
Nature - Scientist who sequenced the virus isolated from a Cambodian girl says it is not the strain causing mass deaths in birds globally.
LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken | Ars Technica
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LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken
Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.
Mongol-Era Christian Headdress Reveals A Complex Medieval Russia | Ancient Origins
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Mongol-Era Christian Headdress Reveals A Complex Medieval Russia
Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a rare embroidered Deisis depicting Jesus Christ in a Christian medieval burial ground containing 46 graves from the Mongol period.
Study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
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Study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Findings were published today in Nature Medicine.
The Predatory Slime Mold From The Last of Us Isn't Actually a Fungus - It's Weirder : ScienceAlert
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The Predatory Slime Mold From The Last of Us Isn't Actually a Fungus – It's Weirder
When the truth is stranger than fiction.
A tiny new climbing robot inspired by geckos and inchworms
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A tiny new climbing robot inspired by geckos and inchworms
A tiny robot that could one day help doctors perform surgery was inspired by the incredible gripping ability of geckos and the efficient locomotion of inchworms.
Strange Solar Gamma Rays Discovered at Even Higher Energies | Quanta Magazine
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Strange Solar Gamma Rays Discovered at Even Higher Energies
There appear to be too many gamma rays coming from the sun. New higher-energy measurements reveal that this excess continues for a bit, then disappears — a cutoff that could help clarify what’s going on.
Breakthrough in Understanding Quark-Gluon Plasma, the Primordial Form of Matter in the Early Universe
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Breakthrough in Understanding Quark-Gluon Plasma, the Primordial Form of Matter in the Early Universe
New Model of Quark-Gluon Plasma Solves a Long-Standing Discrepancy Between Theory and Data Researchers from Japan provide a novel theoretical framework for describing the quark-gluon plasma, which agrees better with experimental data. The properties of quark…
The Flaming Star Nebula
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Image Credit & Copyright: Thomas Röell
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A new approach to improve robot navigation in crowded environments
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A new approach to improve robot navigation in crowded environments
While robots have become increasingly advanced over the past few years, most of them are still unable to reliably navigate very crowded spaces, such as public areas or roads in urban environments. To ...
Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study
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Steel was already being used in Europe 2,900 years ago, shows study
A study by an international and interdisciplinary team headed by University of Freiburg archaeologist Dr. Ralph Araque Gonzalez from the Faculty of Humanities has proven that steel tools were already ...
Oldest evidence of South American egg-laying mammals found in Patagonia
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Oldest evidence of South American egg-laying mammals found in Patagonia
It was just a tooth and a fragment of jaw bone—discovered in an excavation layer of the Chorrillo Formation, a unique geological formation in Patagonia, Argentina. Field researchers found it amongst ...
Young snapping shrimps' tiny claws accelerate in water like a bullet
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Young snapping shrimps' tiny claws accelerate in water like a bullet
When it comes to a quick draw, few creatures outgun adult snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis). They stun passing fish and foes with a simple click of a spring-loaded claw, which squirts a high-speed ...