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This eco-friendly glitter gets its color from plants, not plastic

Nov 18 2021 6:00 AM

Using cellulose extracted from wood pulp, researchers have created a greener alternative to traditional glitter.

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How missing data makes it harder to measure racial bias in policing

Nov 17 2021 2:07 PM

Police officers rarely record nonevents, such as drawing a gun without firing. Failing to account for that missing information can obscure racial bias.

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An ancient exploding comet may explain why glass litters part of Chile

Nov 17 2021 7:00 AM

A 75-kilometer-long corridor of chunks of glass in the Atacama Desert probably formed when a comet exploded 12,000 years ago, a study finds.

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New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap

Nov 16 2021 7:01 PM

Inspired by the infamous snap of the Avengers rival Thanos, scientists set out to investigate the physics behind finger snapping.

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'Life as We Made It' charts the past and future of genetic tinkering

Nov 16 2021 8:00 AM

A new book shatters illusions that human meddling with nature has only just begun.

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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.

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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.

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Researchers have unlocked the secret to pearls' incredible symmetry
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'The Dawn of Everything' rewrites 40,000 years of human history
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