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Leeches expose wildlife's whereabouts and may aid conservation efforts

Apr 06 2022 9:00 AM

DNA from the blood meals of more than 30,000 leeches shows how animals use the protected Ailaoshan Nature Reserve in China.

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What we learned about COVID-19 safety from a NYC anime convention

Apr 06 2022 7:00 AM

November's Anime NYC convention was not a COVID-19 superspreader event, which means there are lessons to be learned.

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Racial bias can seep into U.S. patients' medical notes

Apr 05 2022 9:00 AM

Black patients were more often described negatively in medical notes than white patients, which may impact care.

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A star nicknamed 'Earendel' may be the most distant yet seen

Apr 05 2022 7:00 AM

Analyzing Hubble Space Telescope images revealed a star whose light originates from about 12.9 billion light-years away, researchers say.

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A UN report says stopping climate change is possible but action is needed now

Apr 04 2022 6:21 PM

We already have a broad array of tools to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a new report finds. Now we just have to use them.

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We can do better than what was 'normal' before the pandemic

Apr 04 2022 9:00 AM

With all that people have endured, it would be a missed opportunity to toss aside what we've learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The drive to find black holes in ever-larger astronomy datasets is leading some researchers astray.

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A global warming pause that didn't happen hampered climate science
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Trying to explain why global warming appeared to slow down in the early 2000s distracted scientists and shook their confidence.

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