Venomous Menace: Snakebite Treatments Are Failing in India

The most widely used antivenom is not effective against the venom of several common snakes | Continue reading


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Traffic Cameras Show Why the Yankees Should Suffer Fewer Injuries in 2020

The 2019 New York Yankees' record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season.   | Continue reading


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Is a Sad Song Sad For Everyone?

Researchers explore how different cultures respond to the same music | Continue reading


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As Fires Rage, Australia Pushes to Emit More Carbon

Critics say a loophole in carbon accounting undermines the Paris Agreement to limit global warming | Continue reading


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Cause of Wuhan's Mysterious Pneumonia Cases Still Unknown, Chinese Officials Say

The virus has sickened 59 people so far but does not appear to be transmitting among humans | Continue reading


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How a New Wave of Orbiting Sentinels Is Changing Climate Science

Advanced remote-sensing satellite technology is compiling a granular record of Earth’s hardest-to-reach regions | Continue reading


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Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works? (2017)

The ubiquitous technique for relieving stress and pain has remarkably little scientific evidence backing it, a group of scientists contend | Continue reading


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What CRISPR-Baby Prison Sentences Mean for Research

A Chinese court sent a strong signal by punishing He Jiankui and two colleagues | Continue reading


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White Oak Works Best for Fighter Plane Propellors

Originally published in September 1919 | Continue reading


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White Oak Works Best for Fighter Plane Propellers

Originally published in September 1919 | Continue reading


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Technique Takes Sleepers from Zzz to Aha!

Reactivating remembered problems during sleep can trigger solutions | Continue reading


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Science News Briefs from Around the Globe

A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest voltage electric eel ever discovered. | Continue reading


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These Are the Biggest Climate Questions for the New Decade

The 2010s brought major climate science advances, but researchers still want to pin down estimates of Arctic melt and sea level rise | Continue reading


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In Case You Missed It

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New Particle Accelerator Fits on a Silicon Chip

The device uses lasers to accelerate electrons along an etched channel | Continue reading


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New Particle Accelerator Fits on a Silicon Chip

The device uses lasers to accelerate electrons along an etched channel | Continue reading


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Part of Real Paleo Diet: It's a Tuber

In South Africa archaeologists found the charred remains of a roasted root vegetable. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading


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Color-Changing Fibers Unravel a Knotty Mystery

Mathematicians are devising new techniques to better predict how to tie strong knots that are useful in climbing and sailing | Continue reading


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Brain Scientists Tap Secrets of Staying Healthy While Aging

Promoting “healthspan” involves exercise and games | Continue reading


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Ocean Acidification Threatens the U.S. Economy

A new federal report points to major potential losses in key fisheries and protective coral reefs | Continue reading


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Heaven Found Inside the Sun

September 1869 | Continue reading


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Scientists Spot Addiction-Associated Circuit in Rats

Rats show changes in compulsive behavior when a brain connection is turned on or inhibited | Continue reading


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You Traveled Far in 2019

Getting around the sun last year was some trip. | Continue reading


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To Store Renewable Energy, Try Freezing Air

Such energy storage technology could help relieve congested transmission lines in places like Vermont | Continue reading


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Google AI Tool Can Pinpoint Breast Cancer Better Than Clinicians

The software detected cancers at higher rates than radiologists, with fewer false positives | Continue reading


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Want to Crack Open a Safe? Try Nitroglycerine

January 1856 | Continue reading


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175th Anniversary Year Jamboree

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Nocturnal Moth Species Has a Flashy Secret

The dot-underwing moth may visibly signal to mates under cover of darkness | Continue reading


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Scientific American's Colorful Covers Reveal 175 Years of Change

The magazine’s hues provide a record of publishing technology and trends | Continue reading


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Here Are the Most Beautiful Science GIFs We Discovered in 2019

Enjoy and loop on | Continue reading


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Strange Superconductor Sends Electrons Both Ways

A new material’s strange properties could be useful in future quantum computers | Continue reading


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CRISPR Babies Scientist Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

A Chinese Court jailed He Jiankui for an “illegal medical practice” in editing embryos’ DNA | Continue reading


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Fires and Flood Cap Off a Decade of U.S. Disasters

While California had some success at minimizing wildfires in 2019, much work remains to mitigate flooding | Continue reading


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Watch Out for These Science Events in 2020

A Mars invasion, a climate meeting and human–animal hybrids are set to shape the research agenda | Continue reading


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Alone in a Crowded Milky Way

Even a galaxy teeming with star-hopping alien civilizations should still harbor isolated, unvisited worlds—and Earth might be among them | Continue reading


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Good News for Dogs with Cancer

New therapies for beloved pets are getting developed in hopes of treating humans as well | Continue reading


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Low-Income Baltimore Blocks Host Bigger, More Dangerous Mosquitoes  

Tiger mosquitoes thrive in abandoned urban buildings | Continue reading


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50 Years Ago: Cargo Cults of Melanesia (1959)

Throughout Melanesia primitive men await a black Messiah who will bring them a largess of "cargo" (European goods). These cults typify the impact of Christendom on premodern society | Continue reading


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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: December 2019

Poet W. H. Auden greets the New Year; Einstein helps us throw out old ideas | Continue reading


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Fido's Human Age Gets New Estimates

By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years to human years. | Continue reading


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Despite Climate Change Health Threats, Few Medical Schools Teach It

Heat, mosquito-borne diseases and air pollution are medical issues that should be viewed through a climate lens, advocates say | Continue reading


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Mapping the Remains of Supernovae

A new tool provides detailed, 3-D chemical view of exploded star systems  | Continue reading


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How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias

Some algorithms were up to 100 times better at identifying white faces | Continue reading


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Keep an Eye on These 2020 Conservation Issues

From disappearing kelp to small hydropower dams, experts identify the trends that will affect the Earth’s ecosystems | Continue reading


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Gift Wrapping Is An Effective Future Trash

Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them—but how to avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading


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Gift Wrapping Is Effective Future Trash

Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them. But how do we avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading


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We now have the ability to screen for thousands of genetic diseases in newborns

We now have the ability to screen for thousands of genetic diseases in newborns. That may not always be the healthy thing to do | Continue reading


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Swirling Magnetic Fields Hint at Origins of Spiral Galaxy Shapes

The formation of spiral galaxies remains an open question in astronomy, but a new study offers a fresh look into how these structures emerge | Continue reading


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