Science
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Can engineering save Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier?
abstract: Something that exists as an idea or thought but not concrete or tangible (touchable) in the real world. Beauty,…
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C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say
The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the…
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Toddler finds 3,800-year-old biblical artifact
Holy scarab! While on a family outing to Tel Azekah in Israel last month, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan stumbled upon an…
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Your brain starts eating itself during a marathon, study finds
Marathon running may seem like the ultimate sport for staying in shape. That said, it can take a heavy toll…
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Skin cells emit slow electrical pulses after injury
Wounded skin cells scream with slow-motion electric pulses. Such electric spikes are a surprise because only nerve cells were thought…
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Mosquitoes taste you before they decide to bite
amino acids: Simple molecules that occur naturally in plant and animal tissues and that are the basic building blocks of…
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Rocky Mountain snow is contaminated, study shows
Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout the winter, building up stores of water that will supply communities across the American West…
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More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging
As rescue and recovery efforts continue to ramp-up in earthquake-ravaged Myanmar, new details about how the geologic setting amplified the…
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Earthquake farts may explain some spooky floating lights
aftershock: One or more smaller earthquakes which often follow a major earthquake. anaerobic: Occurring in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic…
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NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS
After a stay aboard the International Space Station that unexpectedly stretched to nine and a half months, the NASA astronaut…
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