“Quantum Microphone” Puts Naked-Eye Object in 2 Places at Once (2010)

A new device tests the limits of Schrödinger's cat | Continue reading


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Contaminant That May Be Causing the Mysterious Vaping-Related Illnesses Found

Many of the products used by sick patients contained an oil derived from vitamin E, according to news reports | Continue reading


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Dorian Takes A Swipe at Beach Replenishment Projects

Millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent over decades to restore eroding East Coast beaches | Continue reading


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What Can Genes Tell Us About Fitness?

Can understanding our genes help us get fit and healthy? Get-Fit Guy interviewed Dr. Dan Reardon of FitnessGenes to find out | Continue reading


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Test Pilot Geese, Planetary Wrecking Balls and Super AI Vision: The Week's Best Science GIFs

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Can Spaceflight Save the Planet?

Spin-offs from space science and exploration offer eco-friendly benefits for Earth | Continue reading


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Farmland Also Optimal For Solar Power

The conditions of sunlight, temperature, humidity and wind that make cropland good for agriculture also maximize solar panel efficiency. | Continue reading


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First Ever Picture of a Black Hole Scoops $3-Million Prize

The Event Horizon Telescope team is one of six winners of the Breakthrough Prize, which covers physics, the life sciences and mathematics | Continue reading


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Seven Takeaways from the Democratic Climate Marathon

A few key differences emerged between the Presidential candidates’ approaches to combatting climate change | Continue reading


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What Chili Peppers Can Teach Us about Pain

U.C. San Francisco researcher and Breakthrough Prize–winner David Julius talks about capsaicin, opioids and snake vision | Continue reading


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What the Data Say about Police Shootings

How do racial biases play into deadly encounters with the police? Researchers wrestle with incomplete data to reach answers | Continue reading


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Can You Be Healthy at Any Size?

It’s not that your weight doesn’t matter. It’s just that it’s not the only thing that matters | Continue reading


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When Assessing Novel Risks, Facts Are Not Enough

How we make decisions in the face of incomplete knowledge and uncertainty | Continue reading


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Spaceflight Alters the Gut Microbes of Mice and Men

Intestinal bacteria in mice on the space shuttle and International Space Station underwent changes similar to those of astronaut Scott Kelly | Continue reading


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Chemical Tweak Recycles Polyurethane into Glue

It’s not easy to recycle polyurethane, so it’s usually tossed out or burned. But a chemical tweak can turn polyurethane into glue. Christine Herman reports.  | Continue reading


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New Insights into Self-Insight: More May Not Be Better

An innovative study technique yields surprising results that counter the popular idea that knowing yourself is good for you | Continue reading


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Studying the Superhuman

An examination of sixth fingers hints at what our body—and mind—is capable of | Continue reading


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How to Conquer Your Fear of Driving

For many of us, heading out on the highway feels like an ordeal. Today, Savvy Psychologist covers fear of driving and how to kick it to the curb | Continue reading


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Deception in the Animal Kingdom

Homo sapiens is not the only species that lies | Continue reading


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When Vitamin Pills Are Too Much of a Good Thing

Taking megadoses of vitamins can be risky, as a recent study shows | Continue reading


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Five Things to Watch During CNN's Climate Forum

Democratic presidential candidates will appear individually to discuss their plans for how the U.S. should tackle climate change | Continue reading


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Poison Frog Fathers Ferry Their Tadpoles Great Distances

Adults make the extra leap to secure space for their young in faraway ponds | Continue reading


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Crow Cholesterol Climbs After Chomping Cheeseburgers

Wild animals that live near humans have higher cholesterol than their rural counterparts - and our food could be to blame. Christopher Intagliata reports.  | Continue reading


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Canine MRIs Sniff Out How Human Preferences Shaped Dogs' Hallmark Traits

A new study explores the brain structure of various dog breeds and how it relates to their behavior | Continue reading


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Dorian Drives Home Warnings of Climate Influence on Hurricanes

After pummeling the Bahamas, the storm is expected to skirt the East Coast of the U.S. | Continue reading


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How to Get Better at Embracing Unknowns

Interpreting uncertainty through data visualizations | Continue reading


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How Misinformation Spreads--and Why We Trust It

The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth | Continue reading


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Earth's Orbital Shifts May Have Triggered Ancient Global Warming

A new study combining astronomical and geologic data hints at an extraterrestrial cause for extreme climate change 56 million years ago | Continue reading


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"Particle" Robots Work Together to Perform Tasks

Clusters of decentralized units could be used in search and rescue operations or drug delivery | Continue reading


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To Justify Using Weed, Some Pregnant Women Cling to an Old and Dubious Study

Social media users extol—and health experts decry—a 25-year-old study from Jamaica suggesting cannabis use poses no harm to fetal development | Continue reading


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The Science of Consciousness

How do neurons create feelings of sadness? Or the sense of a unique self? On the other hand, could conscious thought be an illusion? The nature of conscious experience is one of the most essential, enduring mysteries, and in this eBook we explore the diverse and sometimes content … | Continue reading


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Feeling the Pain of Rejection? Try Taking a Tylenol (2010)

Certain kinds of physical and emotional pain share a neural pathway that responds to acetaminophen | Continue reading


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Science Communication 101

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A New Journey into Hofstadter's Mind

The eternal golden braid emerges as a strange loop | Continue reading


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In Case You Missed It

Bones found in Morocco underscore that many more dinosaurs await discovery. | Continue reading


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How Hurricanes Influence Spider Aggressiveness

As Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida, consider that feeding style means that aggressive tangle-web spider colonies produce more offspring after severe weather, while docile colonies do better in calm conditions. | Continue reading


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Don't Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won't Save the Great Barrier Reef

The floating shelf of volcanic stone more than twice the size of Manhattan will nonetheless bring a fascinating array of life to the reef | Continue reading


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Hormone Therapy during Menopause Raises Breast Cancer Risk for Years

An analysis of dozens of studies found that women taking the therapy remain at a higher risk for more than a decade after stopping use | Continue reading


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Nanomachines, Jellyfish Hugs and Hurricane Dorian From Space: The Week's Best Science GIFs

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Trapping the Tiniest Sound

Controlling the smallest unit of sound could have applications in quantum information | Continue reading


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No gene associated with being gay

Analysis of half a million people suggests genetics may have a limited contribution to sexual orientation | Continue reading


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Lab-Grown "Mini Brains" Can Now Mimic the Neural Activity of a Preterm Infant

The so-called organoids are not capable of complex thought but could be used to study neurological diseases | Continue reading


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The Health Benefits of Coffee

How does drinking coffee help your body and your brain? | Continue reading


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Rare 3.8 Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Origins of Iconic "Lucy" Fossil

Ancient cranium discovered in Ethiopia suggests early hominin evolutionary tree is messier than we thought | Continue reading


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Perfect Crepes, by Way of Physics

Fluid-mechanics simulations point to the ideal technique  | Continue reading


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Graphene Garment Blocks Blood-Sucking Skeeters

A small patch of graphene on human skin seemed to block the mosquitoes' ability to sense certain molecules that trigger a bite. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading


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Newfound Alien Planet Has a Bizarre Looping Orbit

Astronomers have never seen a world quite like HR 5183 b before | Continue reading


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SpaceX Starhopper Rocket Prototype Aces Highest (and Final) Test Flight

Starhopper is passing the test-flight torch to orbital prototypes | Continue reading


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