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11/16/2021

Distant rocky planets may have exotic chemical makeups that don't resemble Earth's

Nov 16 2021 6:00 AM

Elements sprinkled on white dwarf stars suggest that the mantles of faraway rocky worlds differ greatly from their counterparts in our solar system.

Scientists are racing to save the Last Ice Area, an Arctic Noah's Ark

Nov 15 2021 9:00 AM

The Last Ice Area may be the final refuge for summer sea ice and the creatures that depend on it. Saving it is an ambitious goal with many hurdles.

A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei

Nov 15 2021 7:00 AM

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will help scientists unlock the inner workings of atomic nuclei and explore how elements formed in the cosmos.

Climate change may be shrinking tropical birds

Nov 12 2021 2:00 PM

Scientists had previously found that migratory birds are getting smaller as temperatures rise. Dozens of tropical, nonmigratory species are too.

A mineral found in a diamond's flaws contains the source of some of Earth's heat

Nov 11 2021 2:00 PM

A mineral theorized to exist in the mantle was found hiding in a diamond. Dubbed davemaoite, it could explain where some of Earth's heat comes from.

No, COVID-19 vaccines won't make you infertile

Nov 11 2021 7:00 AM

Contrary to misinformation spread by Aaron Rodgers and Nicki Minaj, neither the Pfizer, Moderna nor J&J vaccines cause infertility, data show.

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A stunning simulation re-creates how M87's black hole launches plasma jets

Nov 10 2021 10:00 AM

Two jets, thousands of light-years long, are re-created in a computer simulation, which suggests that M87's black hole must be spinning rapidly.

Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls' incredible symmetry

Nov 10 2021 7:00 AM

Understanding the structural secrets of how mollusks form symmetrical pearls could inspire more optimal materials for solar panels and space travel.

'The Dawn of Everything' rewrites 40,000 years of human history

Nov 09 2021 9:00 AM

A new book recasts human social evolution as multiple experiments with freedom and domination that started in the Stone Age.

Some songbirds now migrate east to west. Climate change may play a role

Nov 09 2021 6:00 AM

In recent decades, more Richard's pipits are wintering in Europe than before. It may signal the establishment of a totally new migration route.

'Penis worms' may have been the original hermits

Nov 08 2021 11:00 AM

Soft-bodied critters called penis worms inhabited abandoned shells — a la modern-day hermit crabs — by about 500 million years ago, a study suggests.

How to choose a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot

Nov 08 2021 7:00 AM

To help you choose between the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 boosters, one reporter looked to the evidence and consulted experts.

Earth's lower atmosphere is rising due to climate change

Nov 05 2021 3:33 PM

In the Northern Hemisphere, the upper boundary of the troposphere, the slice of sky closest to the ground, rose 50 to 60 meters a decade from 1980 to 2020.

50 years ago, scientists were on the trail of 'memory molecules'

Nov 05 2021 7:00 AM

In the 1970s, scientists found the first "memory molecule." Several other candidates have popped up in the decades since.

Brainless sponges contain early echoes of a nervous system

Nov 04 2021 2:00 PM

Simple sponges contain cells that appear to send signals to digestive chambers, a communication system that offer hints about how brains evolved.

Here's what the next 10 years of space science could look like

Nov 04 2021 1:12 PM

In the latest Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, astronomers have their sights set on a whole fleet of next-generation space telescopes.

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