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The antidepressant fluvoxamine can keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital

Oct 27 2021 6:30 PM

A 10-day course of fluvoxamine sharply reduced hospital visits and deaths, raising hopes for an easy at-home treatment for COVID-19.

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Doubt cast on theorized 'sterile' particles leaves a neutrino mystery unsolved

Oct 27 2021 5:02 PM

MicroBooNE weakens the case for sterile neutrinos, but the mystery that shrouded earlier neutrino experiments remains.

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Ancient human visitors complicate the Falkland Islands wolf's origin story

Oct 27 2021 2:00 PM

Scientists have debated how the Falkland Islands' only land mammal journeyed to the region: by a long-ago land bridge or with people.

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Epidemics have happened before and they'll happen again. What will we remember?

Oct 27 2021 12:00 PM

A century's worth of science has helped us fend off infectious pathogens. But we have a lot to learn from the people who lived and died during epidemics.

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DNA from mysterious Asian mummies reveals their surprising ancestry

Oct 27 2021 11:00 AM

Ancient DNA indicates that an enigmatic Bronze Age group consisted of genetic, but not cultural, loners.

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Earth will warm 2.7 degrees Celsius based on current pledges to cut emissions

Oct 26 2021 5:02 PM

The world still lags on its commitments to lower greenhouse gas emissions and forestall the worst effects of global warming, a new U.N. report shows.

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Here's how ice needles sculpt patterns into cold, rocky landscapes
Oct 26 2021 8:00 AM

Striking stone patterns decorate remote, frigid landscapes. The recipe for these naturally forming stripes and swirls: Freeze, thaw, repeat.

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Flamingos dye their sun-faded feathers to stay pretty in pink
Oct 26 2021 6:00 AM

During mating season, flamingos rub a makeup-like rouge on their necks to catch the eye of the opposite sex. They don't bother once chicks are born.

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Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy
Oct 25 2021 11:00 AM

The spiral-shaped Whirlpool galaxy may be the host of the first planet spotted outside of the Milky Way.

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Lidar reveals a possible blueprint for many Olmec and Maya ceremonial sites
Oct 25 2021 11:00 AM

An Olmec site forged a building plan more than 3,000 years ago for widespread Olmec and Maya ritual centers across Mexico's Gulf Coast.

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Jumping spiders' remarkable senses capture a world beyond our perception
Oct 25 2021 7:00 AM

Clever experiments and new technology are taking scientists deep into the lives of jumping spiders, and opening a portal to their experience of the world.

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What does the first successful test of a pig-to-human kidney transplant mean?
Oct 22 2021 1:02 PM

For the first time, a pig organ was successfully attached to a human patient. It's a step toward vastly increasing the supply of organs.

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How these sea-loving mangroves ended up far from the coast
Oct 22 2021 9:00 AM

On the Yucat├бn Peninsula, mangroves trapped nearly 200 kilometers from the ocean are part of a "relict ecosystem" that's more than 100,000 years old.

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Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins
Oct 22 2021 6:00 AM

Archaeologists have uncovered structures in Guatemala that are remarkably similar to La Ciudadela and its temple at the ancient city of Teotihuacan.

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Tuskless elephants became common as an evolutionary response to poachers
Oct 21 2021 3:01 PM

After poachers tore through a Mozambican elephant population, tuskless females tripled in number as humans altered the species's evolutionary trajectory.

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