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Spinosaurus' dense bones fuel debate over whether some dinosaurs could swim

Mar 23 2022 12:00 PM

New evidence that Spinosaurus and its kin hunted underwater won't be the last word on whether some dinosaurs were swimmers.

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Here's the best timeline yet for the Milky Way's big events

Mar 23 2022 12:00 PM

A new study puts more precise dates on when the Milky Way formed its thick disk and collided with a neighboring galaxy.

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Social media crackdowns during the war in Ukraine make the internet less global

Mar 23 2022 9:00 AM

Social media has become an important battleground, and now stands to split along geopolitical lines.

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Levitating plastic beads mimic the physics of spinning asteroids

Mar 23 2022 7:00 AM

"Tabletop asteroids," buoyed by sound waves, hint at why some loosely bound space rocks have odd shapes and can't spin too quickly.

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NASA's exoplanet count surges past 5,000

Mar 22 2022 3:22 PM

With a new batch of 60 confirmed exoplanets, the number of known worlds in our galaxy reaches another milestone.

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How gene therapy overcame high-profile failures

Mar 22 2022 11:00 AM

A dark period for gene therapy didn't derail scientists determined to help patients.

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How the way we're taught to round numbers in school falls short
Mar 22 2022 9:00 AM

A rounding technique taught in school doesn't work well for machine learning or quantum computing, but an alternative approach does, researchers say.

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The universe's background starlight is twice as bright as expected
Mar 22 2022 7:00 AM

Images from the New Horizons spacecraft suggest that light from all known galaxies accounts for only half of the cosmos' visible background glow.

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How climbers help scientists vibe with Utah's famous red rock formations
Mar 21 2022 9:00 AM

Researchers teamed up with rock climbers to collect rare data that help them assess the seismic stability of red rock formations in Utah.

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Diamonds may stud Mercury's crust
Mar 21 2022 7:00 AM

Billions of years of meteorite impacts may have flash-baked much of a primitive graphite crust into precious gemstones.

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What do we mean by 'COVID-19 changes your brain'?
Mar 18 2022 9:00 AM

The events of our lives are reflected in the size, shape and behavior of our constantly changing brains. The effects of COVID-19 changes aren't clear.

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What made the last century's great innovations possible?
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Science paved the way for antibiotics, lasers, computers and COVID-19 vaccines, but science alone was not enough.

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Smoke from Australia's intense fires in 2019 and 2020 damaged the ozone layer
Mar 17 2022 2:00 PM

Massive fires like those that raged in Australia in 2019–2020 can eat away at Earth's protective ozone layer, researchers find.

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