Orangutans Are Hanging On in the Same Palm Oil Plantations That Displace Them

Conservationists still need to work to minimize conflict between the endangered apes and humans | Continue reading


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The Rise of Humans

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Facts about Groundhogs Other Than Their Poor Meteorology

Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters. | Continue reading


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Groundhog Facts Other Than Their Poor Meteorology

Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nevertheless pretty interesting critters. | Continue reading


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Australia's Marine Animals Will Be Bushfires' Unseen Victims

Ash and silt washed into rivers and coastal areas will choke underwater ecosystems | Continue reading


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Did Animal Calls Start in the Dark?

One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports.  | Continue reading


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Hunting for New Drugs with AI

The pharmaceutical industry is in a drug-discovery slump. How much can AI help? | Continue reading


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Electronic Health Records Need a Shot in the Arm

Digitization of patient charts was supposed to revolutionize medical practice. Artificial intelligence could help unlock its potential  | Continue reading


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Rise of Robot Radiologists

Deep-learning algorithms are peering into MRIs and x-rays with unmatched vision, but who is to blame when they make a mistake? | Continue reading


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Wiring Minds

Successfully applying AI to biomedicine requires innovators trained in contrasting cultures | Continue reading


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On Navigation

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Medicine

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Digital health: Smartphone-based monitoring of multiple sclerosis using Floodlight

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California Can Be Carbon Neutral in 25 years--with Drastic Action

To meet its ambitious goal, the state will have to pull carbon from the atmosphere and tackle emissions from agriculture and landfills, a new report says | Continue reading


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U.S. to Quarantine 195 Americans Evacuated from Wuhan

CDC officials raised the possibility that the coronavirus could become a pandemic, but hoped it would not be | Continue reading


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The New Coronavirus Outbreak: What We Know So Far

A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened thousands in the country and spread to numerous other nations | Continue reading


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"Unprecedented" Locust Invasion Approaches Full-Blown Crisis

The spreading swarms, triggered by cyclone rains, threaten crops in East Africa | Continue reading


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Study Reports First Case of Coronavirus Spread By Asymptomatic Person

A woman from China infected a person in Germany before she began displaying symptoms | Continue reading


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Maximum Commute? 12,000 Feet Down

Originally published in September 1899 | Continue reading


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Sweating Robot Beats the Heat

By leaking water, a soft robotic gripper cools itself more efficiently than humans do | Continue reading


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Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries

Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. | Continue reading


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Bizarre Cosmic Dance Offers Fresh Test for General Relativity

Scientists have detected relativistic frame dragging, a prediction of Einstein’s greatest theory, around a distant pair of exotic stars | Continue reading


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WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

The declaration was made because of the risk the virus poses to countries outside China, where limited person-person spread has occurred | Continue reading


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How To Make a Mass Extinction

Journalist and author Peter Brannen talks about his book, The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions. | Continue reading


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CDC Confirms First Known Person-to-Person Spread of New Coronavirus in U.S.

The case involved the husband of an infected woman who recently traveled to China | Continue reading


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The Majesty of Cosmic Chaos

Objects entering our solar system are upending some long-held astronomical assumptions | Continue reading


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The Worst Climate Scenarios May No Longer Be the Most Likely

Some climate scientists argue using such scenarios could make climate targets sound less achievable than they are | Continue reading


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"Mini Brains" Are Not like the Real Thing

Snags hinder efforts to create small cellular models of the human cortex | Continue reading


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Every Student Needs 200 Cubic Feet of Air

Originally published in April 1895 | Continue reading


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What's in Kale (or a Pear) that Seems to Lower Alzheimer's Risk?

Particular antioxidants in fruits and vegetables may lower chances of getting the disease | Continue reading


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What's in Kale (or a Pear) that Seems to Lower Alzheimer's Risk?

Particular antioxidants in fruits and vegetables may lower chances of getting the disease | Continue reading


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Hawaii Is a Test Bed to See if Renewables Can Meet Peak Energy Demands

More agile solar and storage installations could help replace fossil fuel-burning peaker plants | Continue reading


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Is Red Meat Killing Us or Making Us Stronger?

For years, experts have been telling us to cut back on red meat. Now, a new analysis says there’s no reason to. What’s a health-conscious consumer to do? | Continue reading


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Australian Lab First to Grow New Virus Outside China

The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines | Continue reading


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Cyborg Jellyfish Could One Day Explore the Ocean

An electronic device increases their speed, and later versions could control their direction as well | Continue reading


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Home Star Stunner: Best Ever Images of Solar Surface Herald New Era

Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s | Continue reading


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Home Star Stunner: Best Ever Images of Solar Surface Herald New Era

Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s | Continue reading


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Thomas Edison Invents... Cheap Concrete Furniture

Originally published in January 1912 | Continue reading


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Looming Potential Satellite Smashup Could Spawn Dangerous Debris Swarm

Thankfully, the probability of a collision is just 0.1 percent | Continue reading


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Doctors Need to Focus Less on a Patient's Weight 

Extra pounds can lead to health problems, but dwelling on fat itself can increase stigma and shame   | Continue reading


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Will Elizabeth Warren's Stance against "Junk Science" Matter to Voters?

The presidential candidate wants new limits on government use of biased studies pushed by industry | Continue reading


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Ocean Heat Waves Linked to Rise in Whale Entanglements

Whales searching for food near California during recent marine heat events became ensnared in fishing gear | Continue reading


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The Art of Lying

Lying has gotten a bad rap. In fact, it is among the most sophisticated accomplishments of the human mind. But how can one tell if a person is fibbing? | Continue reading


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Proposed House Bill Would Delay NASA's Return to the Moon

Although still a long way from becoming law, the legislation is reigniting a debate over the space agency’s plans | Continue reading


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The Coronavirus Questions that Scientists are Racing to Answer

Although scientists have learned a lot so far, there is still much they do not know about the novel virus spreading in China and other countries | Continue reading


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The International Space Station Is Getting a Commercial Module

Axiom Space will provide at least one habitable segment to help spur commercial activity in orbit | Continue reading


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Fully Autonomous Weapons Pose Unique Dangers to Humankind

Nations racing to acquire weapons that choose their own targets are ignoring the apocalyptic scenarios that can unfold when rivals catch up  | Continue reading


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Plane Deicer Lasts Several Thousand Hours

Originally published in April 1945 | Continue reading


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