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09/15/2022

Poliovirus is spreading in New York. Here's what you need to know

Sep 14 2022 3:56 PM

With signs of poliovirus spreading in a handful of counties in New York, unvaccinated people could be at risk of paralytic polio.

Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago

Sep 14 2022 2:00 PM

Remnants from an ancient fire pit in Syria suggest that hunter-gatherers were burning dung as fuel by the end of the Old Stone Age.

Falling objects in orbit show Einstein was right — again

Sep 14 2022 10:00 AM

For more than two years, a pair of metal cylinders fell at the same rate in space, confirming the equivalence principle, a key tenet of general relativity.

How Kenyans help themselves and the planet by saving mangrove trees

Sep 14 2022 7:00 AM

Communities in Kenya took action to restore their coastal mangrove forests, reaping economic and environmental benefits. Others are following suit.

Not all camouflage is equal. Here are prey animals' best options

Sep 13 2022 7:01 PM

When prey masquerade as innocuous objects in the environment, they slow detection from predators by nearly 300 percent.

50 years ago, physicists got a whiff of what glues together protons

Sep 13 2022 9:00 AM

In 1972, particle smashups hinted at the gluon, which we now know not only holds together the innards of the proton, but also makes up more than a third of its mass.

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Passing through the Milky Way's arms may have helped form Earth's solid ground

Sep 13 2022 7:00 AM

Barrages of comets stirred up by the early solar system's journey around the center of the galaxy could explain the timing of ancient rock formation.

Need to keep cockatoos out of your trash? Try bricks, sticks or shoes

Sep 12 2022 11:00 AM

In Sydney, humans may be in an escalating arms race with cockatoos. People are trying new tools to keep the pesky parrots out of their trash.

How living in a pandemic distorts our sense of time

Sep 12 2022 9:00 AM

The pandemic has distorted people's perception of time. That could have implications for collective well-being.

Can't comb your kid's hair? This gene may be to blame

Sep 12 2022 7:00 AM

Scientists linked variants of one hair shaft gene to most of the uncombable hair syndrome cases they tested.

Why once-gold ceilings in Spain's Alhambra palace have purple stains

Sep 09 2022 2:00 PM

Moisture infiltrated flawed gilding at the iconic palace, leading to corrosion that deposited gold nanoparticles of the right size to appear purple.

A carbon footprint life cycle assessment can cut down on greenwashing

Sep 09 2022 7:00 AM

As companies try to reduce their carbon footprint, many are doing life cycle assessments to quantify the full carbon cost of their products.

How to make recyclable plastics out of CO2 to slow climate change

Sep 09 2022 7:00 AM

Companies are turning atmospheric CO2 from smokestacks and landfills into plastics to shrink their carbon footprint.

DNA reveals donkeys were domesticated 7,000 years ago in East Africa

Sep 08 2022 2:00 PM

When and where donkeys were domesticated has been a long-standing mystery. DNA now reveals they were tamed much earlier than horses.

An AI can decode speech from brain activity with surprising accuracy

Sep 08 2022 1:14 PM

Developed by Facebook's parent company, Meta, the AI could eventually be used to help people who can't communicate through speech, typing or gestures.

How the COVID-19 pandemic may leave a long-term imprint on our health

Sep 08 2022 9:00 AM

As much as we want to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the coronavirus's impact will remain a feature of many tomorrows.

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