Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our solar system

The Galileo project will use telescopes to see if interstellar comets, hidden Earth satellites, and UFOs are alien artefacts. | Continue reading


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One number could help reveal how infectious a Covid-19 patient is

CT value could flag at-risk patients and prioritize them for contact tracing | Continue reading


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Food supplements that alter gut bacteria could ‘cure’ malnutrition

New treatment gets starving children on the right growth trajectory | Continue reading


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The first mini particle accelerator to power a laser

Experiment demonstrates improvement in particle beams from plasma-based accelerators | Continue reading


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How Covid-19 has transformed scientific fieldwork

A few lucky researchers are returning to the field, but others are finding their careers upended | Continue reading


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How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators

To fight inequities in medicine, researchers are reexamining the algorithms that help physicians make decisions | Continue reading


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Remains of impact that created the Moon may lie deep within Earth

Mysterious rocks at mantle’s base tied to violent “Theia” strike 4.5 billion years ago | Continue reading


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DNA pulled from thin air identifies nearby animals

“Insane” idea tags dozens of zoo species, could help biodiversity surveys | Continue reading


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The Colorado River is shrinking. Hard choices lie ahead, this scientist warns

River researcher Jack Schmidt brings an independent voice to high stakes battle over water | Continue reading


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Covid-19 affects men and women differently

Some countries combine men, women in reports of cases and vaccinations, too | Continue reading


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Watch what museums are doing to preserve precious plastics – Science – AAAS

Conservators must figure out what their art is made of in order to save it | Continue reading


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Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’

Waveforms preserved underground in Louisiana show far-reaching effects of Chicxulub smash | Continue reading


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Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud

Newfound genetic material may rev up methane cycling by soil microbes | Continue reading


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'Hubble is back ' Computer swap appears to fix glitch

Email suggests famed space telescope could quickly resume scientific observations | Continue reading


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New ‘mirror’ fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C

Synthetic material emits infrared radiation, cooling the body | Continue reading


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Dark wings supercharge seabird flight

Coloration helps the animals fly faster and longer | Continue reading


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Doubts swirl around trial that saw 77% reduction in Covid-19 mortality

Preprint from Brazil claims spectacular results from experimental prostate cancer drug | Continue reading


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Research Integrity Survey Finds Questionable Practices Are Surprisingly Common

Largest-ever survey finds one in 12 Dutch scientists have recently committed fraud | Continue reading


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DNA study finds rare gene variants that protect against obesity

People with a disrupted GPR75 gene weighed less and were less likely to be obese | Continue reading


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Museums are in a race against time to keep plastic art from falling apart

Conservators seek ways to stop cultural artifacts from oozing and crumbling to dust | Continue reading


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A year ago, Black physicists at Fermilab demanded change. What’s happened?

Unprecedented activism by the Change Now collective collides with institutional realities | Continue reading


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European plan for gigantic new gravitational wave detector passes milestone

Einstein Telescope secures spot on road map for scientific infrastructure | Continue reading


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New nerve links between brain and organs shape thoughts, memories, and feelings

Studies of interoception challenge distinctions between disorders of the brain and body—and may hold clues to the basis of consciousness | Continue reading


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Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresponsible’ Covid study

Critics say authors of Vaccines report misrepresented Dutch data | Continue reading


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It’s official: China has eliminated malaria

WHO certifies country free of the deadly disease after 3 years without local transmission | Continue reading


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Ancient weights helped create Europe’s first free market more than 3K years ago

Individual merchants likely enforced the standard, from Great Britain to Babylon | Continue reading


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Ripples in spacetime reveal black holes slurping up neutron stars ( Science)

Scientists spot the third of three general types of gravitational wave sirens | Continue reading


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The glasswing butterfly has several tricks for achieving near-invisibility

Mysterious “ghosts” of the rainforest are covered in antiglare bristles | Continue reading


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CRISPR injected into the blood treats a genetic disease for first time

Novel treatment using messenger RNA sharply cuts production of mutant liver protein, although it’s too early to show patients with rare condition benefit | Continue reading


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‘Dragon Man’ skull may be elusive Denisovan–or a new species of human

Scientists are excited—and puzzled—by new find from China | Continue reading


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Mongoose mothers help their colonies thrive–by forgetting which pups are theirs

It takes a village to raise a banded mongoose, new study suggests | Continue reading


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Siberian cave hosted Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans

DNA from ancient soil reveals the history of the cave that cracked open the field of human evolution | Continue reading


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New fossils reveal a strange-looking Neanderthal in Israel – Science – AAAS

Researchers debate whether new fossils represent the earliest Neanderthal or its ancestor | Continue reading


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Early SARS-CoV-2 sequences from Wuhan deleted from U.S. database found on GCP

Scientist who found archived online files of removed NIH data says recovered information may clarify how coronavirus entered humans | Continue reading


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Delta variant triggers dangerous new phase in the pandemic

Scientists are probing why a fresh set of viral mutations may soon dominate the world | Continue reading


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Plans unveiled for private UK fusion reactor using pneumatic pistons

Canadian startup General Fusion says pilot plant could turn on in 2025 | Continue reading


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Are advertisers coming for your dreams?

Scientists warn of efforts to insert commercials into dreams | Continue reading


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Japanese scientists warn that Tokyo Olympics could help spread Covid-19

Public health experts struggle to be heard by government set on holding games | Continue reading


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Was Venus once a good home for life? NASA missions aim to find out

Climate models suggest Earth’s sister planet was once cool, wet, and habitable | Continue reading


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Mosquitoes armed with virus-fighting bacteria sharply curb dengue infections

Trial of Wolbachia-infected insects draws praise for new disease control method | Continue reading


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The rise and fall of the world's largest lake

The ancient Paratethys Sea once held more water than all of today’s lakes combined | Continue reading


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Internet woven from ‘spooky’ quantum links could supercharge science, commerce

Advance could precisely link telescopes, yield hypersecure banking and elections, and make quantum computing possible from anywhere | Continue reading


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‘Dear those in charge’: A scientist’s coronavirus impact statement

Our Experimental Error columnist offers his version of the new statement some employers are inviting | Continue reading


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Why adding salt makes fruit–and candy–sweeter

The key is a sugar-ferrying protein in taste cells | Continue reading


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Experimental Treatment for Japanese Radiation Victim

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Two more coronaviruses can infect people, studies suggest

Research increases worry about the pandemic potential of other members of the virus family | Continue reading


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Move over, Death Valley: These are the two hottest spots on Earth

Two places hold the record for highest surface temperatures on the planet | Continue reading


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Millions of electric cars are coming. What happens to all the dead batteries?

Researchers urgently seek better ways to reuse spent cells | Continue reading


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