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The role of the media is crucial in the ongoing protests.
The halo surrounding the Milky Way may be much hotter than originally thought.
Farmers see higher yields thanks to genetically engineered eggplants.
The salty future of energy storage might be upon us.
Marine species move to the poles six times faster than those on land.
"Don't worry, hooman. Fluffy come rescue."
Anonymized data can show us who stayed more at home -- and this can be useful to devise long-term strategies.
The primate is making a comeback, with now over 30 gibbons living in the island of Hainan.
If we want to relax the lockdown, we need to experiment. But that's exactly the kind of thing policymakers don't like.
It's the first maned launched from US soil since the space shuttle was retired nine years ago.
From cheap genetical sequencing to quick medical tests and synthetic meat, a biotech revolution is just waiting to happen
Cleaner air might make for cleaner waters, too.
Researchers try to untangle the twisted vines of Youtube suggestions.
Its a bad time to be a tree.
A new report warns nearly five in ten people live in areas with unhealthy ozone or particle pollution.
Up to 25% of the fund will be used for climate action.
Researchers assessed the factors that were most associated with COVID-19 mortality in more than 20,000 hospitalized patients.
The fossil is around 75 million years older than the oldest millipede we've found before.
Study showed most positive cases of COVID-19 in a cruise were asymptomatic
Seasonality of temperature-attributable mortality from respiratory diseases has shifted.
The ability to disconnect from the environment, in a reversible way, is a central feature of sleep.
Researchers ask governments to put conservation of nature in the center.
The world's largest all-electric airplane readies for its first flight.
Don't buy something just because it's discounted. Yes, even if it's *really* discounted.
Studies suggest that the coronavirus stops being infectious around 11 days after the onset of symptoms, even though PCR tests might still return a positive result.
Cute and adorable inside, monsters outside.
During an asteroid impact, angles matter.
Chinese researchers did a safety trial with a harmless virus carrying coronavirus genes.
Astronomers have used mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from distant galaxies to solve a lingering cosmological problem-- locating the Universe’s missing baryonic matter , long predicted to exist, but never before detected.
Clean transportation has the highest potential for change, study shows.
It's one of the highest distinctions you can get in science. Here's who received it this year and why.
Chlorinated water itself is probably not a risk -- but we shouldn't rush to open swimming pools.
The findings could boost interventions meant to maintain a normal body weight and promote healthy well-being.
Men are often more at risk from disease -- and COVID is no exception.
Researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign orchestrated to sow discord.
At least 50 billion years worth of unique evolutionary history is at risk, a new study found.
Still, the virus itself doesn't seem to transmit in uterus.
Clinical trials for the drug are now suspended due to risks of the drug.
There has never been a better opportunity to cut car traffic and pollution.
Armchair archaeologists are finding new (old) things using data that's freely accessible, and you could do it to.
Ireland sees no deaths from coronavirus for the first time since March.
Swedish officials stand by their approach, but so far, things don't look too good.
A US research grant funding the study of bat coronaviruses in China has recently been terminated, without a clear explanation. Now, an impressive list of Nobel laureates is asking for a reconsideration of that decision. It was a surreal story. President Trump apparently learned about the research grant from a journalist during a press conference […]
Space junk is a classic example of the Tragedy of the Commons -- now it's time to take responsability and pay up.
Understanding how genetics influences problem drinking can help us help those at risk.
The country is only behind the US in number of positive COVID-19 cases
The country surpassed Russia and is now behind the US
Half of the drivers surveyed said they would walk more instead of driving
Nearly every US state has taken some measures to open up, but most of them haven't staved off the infections.
Many things about the current pandemic crisis are unprecedented. We’ve never seen a lockdown of this magnitude in human history, we’ve never had such a massive pandemic in a globalized world, and we’ve never used smartphones to track a contagious disease. The last bit is what we’re addressing here. We have written a Special Issue […]
