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New Tech Can Reveal a Vast Network of Methane Leaks

Anna Kuchment — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:00:00 GMT

But it is unclear if oil and gas companies and their regulators will respond

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Summer of Science Reading, Episode 4: Navigating Loss and Hope with Nature

Deboki Chakravarti — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:00:00 GMT

In Science Book Talk, a new four-part podcast miniseries, host Deboki Chakravarti acts as literary guide to two science books that share a beautiful and sometimes deeply...

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Talking to My Daughter Can Be Harder Than Learning Quantum Mechanics

John Horgan — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Ordinary human dilemmas are tougher to solve than the most difficult problems of physics and mathematics

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These Baby Bats, like Us, Were Born to Babble

Mark Stratton — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMT

The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do.

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Many Mouse Studies Happen at the Wrong Time of Day

Jillian Kramer — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:45:00 GMT

Mice woken at odd hours may skew research results—and most studies don’t track the timing

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You Have Probably Eaten This Natural Food Additive without Knowing It

Spektrum, Scientific American Staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 20:00:00 GMT

A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science. In this episode, we take a look at something called inulin.

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China Wants to Build a Mega Spaceship That's Nearly a Mile Long

Edd Gent, LiveScience — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:30:00 GMT

A proposal plans to study how to build a giant spacecraft

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The Solar System's Oort Cloud May Harbor an Astonishing Number of Objects from Other Stars

Amir Siraj — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:00:00 GMT

Contrary to what we’ve long assumed, this reservoir of comets surrounding the solar system may have more visitors than permanent residents

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Abortion Rights Are at the Greatest Risk since Roe v. Wade Was Decided in 1972

Elizabeth Nash — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:40:00 GMT

The Supreme Court will hear a case in the upcoming term that could officially overturn that historic ruling

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Why Tiny Tardigrades Walk like Insects 500,000 Times Their Size

Mindy Weisberger, LiveScience — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:30:00 GMT

Animals this small and squishy usually don’t have legs

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This Room Could Wirelessly Charge All Your Devices

Sophie Bushwick — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMT

New technology delivers power to electronic devices in a test space

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Hidden Particle Interactions Exposed by Peeling Layers of Graphene

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:45:00 GMT

Ions flowing through atom-thin stacks of carbon confirm classic theories but also yield new surprises

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Rogue Antibodies Involved In Nearly One Fifth of COVID Deaths

Diana Kwon, Nature magazine — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:00:00 GMT

Self-targeting antibodies attack part of the immune system that plays a key role in fighting infection

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Birds' Eye Size Predicts Vulnerability to Habitat Loss

Jack Tamisiea — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:30:00 GMT

A lost “treasure trove” of bird samples reveals how eye shape changes with environment

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Understanding Pyrocumulonimbi, aka 'Fire Clouds'

Jon Reisner, Manvendra Dubey — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:00:00 GMT

Caused by wildfires, they can trigger lightning, create fire tornadoes and turbocharge winds that accelerate the spread of a conflagration

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New Tool Shows Geology behind Kidney Stone Crystallization

Harini Barath — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:45:00 GMT

Rather than crystallizing all at once, kidney stones dissolve and re-form over and over

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How Hurricane Ida Got So Big So Fast

Robin Lloyd — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:30:00 GMT

An eddy in the Gulf of Mexico and some heavy vapor played key roles

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Their Lives Have Been Upended by Hurricane Ida

Duy Linh Tu — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:30:00 GMT

Theresa and Donald Dardar lived their whole lives in coastal Louisiana. They knew the “big one” might come someday. It did, and now everything is uncertain.

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Plant Absorbs Toxic RDX Contamination

Susan Cosier — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:00:00 GMT

Modified switchgrass can sop up weapons chemicals on military ranges

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World's Largest Wildlife Bridge Could Save Mountain Lions

Craig Pittman — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:00:00 GMT

An ambitious and popular project to connect the dangerously inbred Santa Monica mountain lions to a larger population is about to break ground

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Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020 Were Horrifying

Nora D. Volkow — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:30:00 GMT

We need radical change in order to address the crisis

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The Story of Us

Andrea Gawrylewski — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:30:00 GMT

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Virus or Bacterium? Rapid Test Pinpoints Infection's Cause

Harini Barath — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:00:00 GMT

A generation of new tests could lessen overuse of antibiotics

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Sometimes Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness

Alexander P. Burgoyne, David Z. Hambrick — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT

In some situations, don’t pay so much attention

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How Paralympic Wheelchairs and Prostheses Are Optimized for Speed and Performance

Sophie Bushwick — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:30:00 GMT

The engineering and designs vary widely from sport to sport and athlete to athlete

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