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How having health care workers handle nonviolent police calls may impact crime

Jun 08 2022 3:15 PM

A new study analyzes a Denver program that sends a mental health professional and EMT to handle trespassing and other minor crime offenses.

A pigment's shift in chemistry robbed a painted yellow rose of its brilliance

Jun 08 2022 2:07 PM

The degradation of an arsenic-based paint stripped shadows and light from a still life flower in a 17th century work by painter Abraham Mignon.

Mosquitoes prefer dozing over dining when they are sleep-deprived

Jun 08 2022 7:00 AM

Mosquitoes repeatedly shaken to prevent slumber lag behind well-rested ones when offered a researcher's leg to feed on, new experiments show.

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How mammals took over the world

Jun 07 2022 9:00 AM

In the book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tracks the evolutionary innovations that made mammals so successful.

Ancient zircons offer insights into earthquakes of the past

Jun 07 2022 7:00 AM

Analyzing zircons' chemical makeup can help expose intense quakes from the past and improve our understanding of the physics of today's tremors.

A new origin story for domesticated chickens starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago

Jun 06 2022 3:00 PM

Chickens, popular on today's menus, got their start in Southeast Asia surprisingly recently, probably as exotic or revered animals, researchers say.

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Growing wildfire threats loom over the birthplace of the atomic bomb

Jun 06 2022 10:00 AM

Climate change is expected to make wildfires worse across much of the Southwest United States. A key nuclear weapons lab could be in the hot zone.

A newfound, oddly slow pulsar shouldn't emit radio waves — yet it does

Jun 06 2022 7:00 AM

The highly magnetic neutron star rotates three times slower than the previous record holder, challenging the theorical understanding of these objects.

50 years ago, the United States and Soviet Union joined forces for science

Jun 03 2022 11:00 AM

In 1972, U.S. and Soviet leaders agreed to work together on science. Now, Russia's war in Ukraine is straining that decades-long partnership.

Just 3 ingredients can quickly destroy widely used PFAS 'forever chemicals'

Jun 03 2022 9:00 AM

Ultraviolet light, sulfite and iodide break down enduring PFAS molecules faster and more thoroughly than other UV-based methods.

Who decides whether to use gene drives against malaria-carrying mosquitoes?

Jun 03 2022 7:00 AM

As CRISPR-based gene drives to eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes pass new tests, the African public will weigh in on whether to unleash them.

How neutrinos could ensure a submarine's nuclear fuel isn't weaponized

Jun 02 2022 9:00 AM

Nuclear submarines could be monitored with the help of neutrinos to ensure that the fuel isn't diverted to nuclear weapons programs

Glial cells may take on big jobs in unexpected parts of the body

Jun 02 2022 6:00 AM

Scientists are finding mysterious glia in the heart, spleen and lungs and wonder what they're doing there.

The world's fastest supercomputer just broke the exascale barrier

Jun 01 2022 3:10 PM

The Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee clocked in at more than 1.1 quintillion calculations per second.

Trained dogs sniff out COVID-19 as well as lab tests do

Jun 01 2022 2:00 PM

Dogs can be trained to sniff out COVID-19 cases. They're overall as reliable as PCR tests and even better at IDing asymptomatic cases, a study suggests.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft spotted a 'hedgehog' on the sun

Jun 01 2022 7:00 AM

In its closest flyby yet of the sun, the Solar Orbiter came within 48 million kilometers of our star, revealing new details.

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How having health care workers handle nonviolent police calls may impact crime

A pigment's shift in chemistry robbed a painted yellow rose of its brilliance

Mosquitoes prefer dozing over dining when they are sleep-deprived

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How mammals took over the world

Ancient zircons offer insights into earthquakes of the past

A new origin story for domesticated chickens starts in rice fields 3,500 years ago

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