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01/12/2023

Rare earth mining may be key to our renewable energy future. But at what cost?

Jan 11 2023 11:00 AM

We take you inside Mountain Pass, the only rare earth mine in the United States.

Why it's easier to catch a cold, the flu or COVID in the winter

Jan 11 2023 9:00 AM

Low humidity protects viruses and cold temperatures may blunt some immune responses, making viral infections like colds, flu and COVID-19 more likely.

Methylated gases could be an unambiguous indicator of alien life

Jan 11 2023 7:00 AM

On Earth, methylated gases are produced by organisms cleaning up their environment — and by little else. The same might be true on some exoplanets.

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4 key things to know about lung infections caused by fungi

Jan 10 2023 11:00 AM

News that three kinds of fungi are more widespread than previously thought prompted reader questions about risk, symptoms and more. We answer them.

Rare 'dark lightning' might briefly touch passengers when flying

Jan 10 2023 9:00 AM

Gamma-ray blasts from thunderstorms might occasionally zap passing airplanes, briefly exposing passengers to unsafe levels of radiation.

Pandemic languishing is a thing. But is it a privilege?

Jan 10 2023 7:00 AM

Positive psychologists contend that people can flourish if they try hard enough. But this pinnacle of well-being might not be so fully in our control.

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50 years ago, scientists sequenced a gene for the first time

Jan 09 2023 11:00 AM

Within five decades, scientists went from sequencing a single gene to sequencing the entire human genome.

Complex supply chains may have appeared more than 3,000 years ago

Jan 09 2023 9:00 AM

Finds from one of the world's oldest shipwrecks hint that miners in Central Asia and Turkey provided a crucial metal to Mediterranean rulers.

Here's how to make a fiber-optic cable out of air using a laser

Jan 09 2023 7:00 AM

A hollowed-out laser beam heats a tube of air that surrounds cooler air, providing a way to guide light much the way fiber optics do.

Lasers reveal sites used as the Americas' oldest known star calendars

Jan 06 2023 2:00 PM

By around 3,100 years ago, Mesoamerican ritual complexes tracked celestial cycles using a 260-day count, a huge lidar mapping project shows.

Tiny bubbles that make icicles hazy are filled with water, not air

Jan 06 2023 9:00 AM

Like tree rings, layers of itty-bitty water pockets also preserve a record of an icicle's growth.

Meet some of the microbes that give cheeses flavor

Jan 06 2023 7:00 AM

Knowing which genus of bacteria is responsible for which flavor could open the door to new types of cheese.

Indigenous people may have created the Amazon's 'dark earth' on purpose

Jan 05 2023 9:00 AM

Modern Amazonians make nutrient-rich soil from ash, food scraps and burns. The soil strongly resembles ancient dark soils found in the region.

Jumping beans' random strategy always leads to shade — eventually

Jan 05 2023 7:00 AM

Jumping beans use randomness to maximize their chances of getting out of the sun's heat, a new study finds.

Fungi that cause serious lung infections are now found throughout the U.S

Jan 04 2023 9:00 AM

Doctors should be on the lookout for three types of fungi that, when inhaled, can lead to serious infections, researchers say.

Meet the first Black American to earn an evolutionary biology Ph.D.

Jan 04 2023 7:00 AM

In 'A Voice in the Wilderness,' Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

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