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10/27/2022

Particles from space provide a new look inside cyclones

Oct 26 2022 11:00 AM

Cosmic rays that smash into the atmosphere make muons that are sensitive to changing air pressure inside storms.

Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences

Oct 26 2022 9:00 AM

Social sciences research is plagued by murky definitions and measurements. Here's why that matters.

Here's what happened to the Delaware-sized iceberg that broke off Antarctica

Oct 26 2022 7:00 AM

The powerful pull of currents in the Southern Ocean probably pulled apart the largest remnant of a massive iceberg that split off Antarctica in 2017.

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Landslides shaped a hidden landscape within Yellowstone

Oct 25 2022 10:00 AM

Scientists have used lasers to get a detailed view of the national park's topography, and they've spotted more than a thousand landslides.

Need a fall read? 'The Song of the Cell' offers tales from biology and history

Oct 25 2022 8:00 AM

Siddhartha Mukherjee's new book, The Song of the Cell, explores the world of cell biology through the lens of scientists, doctors and patients.

What is long COVID and who's at risk? This NIH project may find out

Oct 24 2022 9:00 AM

Scientists with the National Institutes of Health's RECOVER project are working to define long COVID and figure out who's at risk of developing it.

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Protons may be stretchier than physics predicts

Oct 24 2022 7:00 AM

Studying how quarks inside protons move in response to electric fields shows that protons seem to stretch more than theory says they should.

Most stars may have much more time to form planets than previously thought

Oct 21 2022 9:00 AM

Planet-making disks may survive around most young stars for 5 million to 10 million years — more than double a previous estimate.

A study questioning colonoscopy screening's benefits has big caveats

Oct 21 2022 7:00 AM

The study included a lot of people who were invited to get the procedure but didn't. That's one limitation of several.

How fungi make potent toxins that can contaminate food

Oct 20 2022 10:00 AM

Genetically engineering Aspergillus fungi to delete certain proteins stops the production of mycotoxins that can be dangerous to human health.

Heat waves in U.S. rivers are on the rise. Here's why that's a problem

Oct 20 2022 6:00 AM

In recent years, heat waves in U.S. rivers have gotten more frequent, causing trouble for fish, plants and water quality.

Black Death immunity came at a cost to modern-day health

Oct 19 2022 11:00 AM

A genetic variant that boosts Crohn's disease risk may have helped people survive the 14th century bubonic plague known as the Black Death.

Ancient DNA unveils Siberian Neandertals' small-scale social lives

Oct 19 2022 11:00 AM

Females often moved into their mate's communities, which totaled about 20 individuals, researchers say.

For the first time, astronomers saw dust in space being pushed by starlight

Oct 18 2022 11:00 AM

Images collected over 16 years reveal that dust expelled from a well-known binary star system is hurried on its way by light from those stars.

The pandemic shows us how crises derail young adults' lives for decades

Oct 18 2022 7:00 AM

Age matters for when we experience calamities, such as pandemics. Young adults are especially vulnerable to getting thrown off their life course.

Honeybees order numbers from left to right, a study claims

Oct 17 2022 3:07 PM

In experiments, bees tend to go to smaller numbers on the left, larger ones on the right. But the idea of a mental number line in animals has critics.

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