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04/27/2023

Pets and people bonded during the pandemic. But owners were still stressed and lonely

Apr 26 2023 2:00 PM

People grew closer to their pets during the first two years of COVID. But pet ownership didn't reduce stress or loneliness, survey data show.

What was Rosalind Franklin's true role in the discovery of DNA's double helix?

Apr 26 2023 12:59 PM

Two researchers say that Rosalind Franklin knowingly collaborated with James Watson and Francis Crick to discover the molecular structure of DNA.

Native language might shape musical ability

Apr 26 2023 11:00 AM

People who speak tonal languages, where pitch alters meaning, are better at perceiving melody but worse at rhythm than speakers of nontonal languages.

Thawing permafrost may unleash industrial pollution across the Arctic

Apr 26 2023 8:00 AM

As the frozen ground warms due to climate change, industrial pollutants could flow free from thousands of sites across the Arctic.

A sapphire Schrödinger's cat shows that quantum effects can scale up

Apr 25 2023 9:00 AM

The atoms in a piece of sapphire oscillate in two directions at once, a mimic of the hypothetically dead-and-alive feline.

Ultrasound reveals trees' drought-survival secrets

Apr 25 2023 7:00 AM

Scientists used ultrasound sensors and electrical probes to reveal how drought affects the tissues of living trees.

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Seismic waves crossing Mars' core reveal details of the Red Planet's heart

Apr 24 2023 3:00 PM

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Rocky planets might have been able to form in the early universe

Apr 24 2023 11:00 AM

The James Webb telescope spied planet-building material around young stars in a nearby galaxy whose chemical makeup matches that of the early cosmos.

A vegan leather made of dormant fungi can repair itself

Apr 24 2023 8:00 AM

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A graphene "tattoo" could help hearts keep their beat

Apr 23 2023 7:00 AM

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This elephant peels bananas, but only slightly ripe ones

Apr 21 2023 9:00 AM

Pang Pha, an Asian elephant at Zoo Berlin, probably picked up the skill by observing her zookeeper.

A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life

Apr 21 2023 7:00 AM

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Comb jellies have a bizarre nervous system unlike any other animal

Apr 20 2023 2:00 PM

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Northern elephant seals sleep just two hours a day at sea

Apr 20 2023 2:00 PM

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Cosmic antimatter hints at origins of huge bubbles in our galaxy's center

Apr 20 2023 8:00 AM

An excess of positrons in Earth's vicinity supports the idea that the Fermi bubbles were burped by the Milky Way's supermassive black hole long ago.

Urchins are dying off across the Caribbean. Scientists now know why

Apr 19 2023 2:00 PM

A type of single-celled microorganism associated with coral diseases is behind a sea urchin die-off in the Caribbean.

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