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12/16/2021

The Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to visit the sun's atmosphere

Dec 15 2021 5:54 PM

NASA's Parker Solar Probe crossed a boundary between the sun's atmosphere and interplanetary space that has been predicted for decades but never observed.

Neandertals were the first hominids to turn forest into grassland 125,000 years ago

Dec 15 2021 2:00 PM

Neandertals' campfires, hunting and other activities altered the land over 2,000 years, making them the first known hominids to impact their environs.

Quantum physics requires imaginary numbers to explain reality

Dec 15 2021 11:00 AM

Quantum theory based only on real numbers fails to explain the results of two new experiments.

In 2021, COVID-19 vaccines were put to the test. Here's what we learned

Dec 15 2021 7:00 AM

Vaccines can't single-handedly end the pandemic, but they are still essential in the fight against the coronavirus.

How sleep may boost creativity

Dec 14 2021 11:00 AM

In a lab experiment, people who had fallen into a shallow sleep were more likely than non- or deep sleepers to later discover a sly math trick.

A bacteria-virus arms race could lead to a new way to treat shigellosis

Dec 14 2021 9:00 AM

As bacteria that cause shigellosis evolve to escape a virus, the microbes may become less deadly, a hopeful sign for "phage therapy."

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Cicada science heats up when Brood X emerges. 2021 was no exception

Dec 14 2021 7:00 AM

Mating mobs of big, hapless, 17-year-old cicadas made for a memorable spring in the Eastern United States

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier ice shelf could collapse within five years

Dec 13 2021 5:46 PM

The loss of Thwaites' buttressing ice shelf could hasten the demise of the "Doomsday Glacier" and raise the risk of dramatic sea level rise.

The only known pulsar duo sheds new light on general relativity and more

Dec 13 2021 11:37 AM

Einstein was right, among other insights gleaned from watching a one-of-a-kind system of two pulsating dead stars for 16 years.

The cosmic 'Cow' may have produced a new neutron star or black hole

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A bright, mysterious blast of extragalactic light appears to have spawned a small, compact object.

2021 research reinforced that mating across groups drove human evolution

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Fossils and DNA point to mixing and mingling among Homo groups across vast areas.

Ingenuity is still flying on Mars. Here's what the helicopter is up to

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For 50 years, CT scans have saved lives, revealed beauty and more

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Cleared tropical forests can regain ground surprisingly fast

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Tropical forests can re-establish themselves on abandoned agricultural lands faster than expected, scientists say.

Wildfire smoke may ramp up toxic ozone production in cities

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Dec 08 2021 9:00 AM

Our favorite books covered the Big Bang theory, human evolution, gene editing, how to define life, pseudoscience and more.

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