Science and Nature
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Student Scientists Worry About Their Futures as Universities Shut Down Over Covid-19
Towson University students move out of the dorms as the school shut down days before the start of the scheduled…
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Black Hole Photobombs Asteroid
X-ray outburst from the black hole MAXI J0637-043. Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/MIT/HarvardThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft set out on September 8, 2016…
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A Quarter of All Climate Tweets Come From Bots—and They’re More Likely to Peddle Denial
Arguably, this is the most famous climate denier on Twitter.Photo: GettyThe bots are taking over, man. Researchers have found that…
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World’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Funder Notes Climate Change Could End ‘Human Life as We Know it’
Photo: GettyThe finance industry is issuing some of the direst warnings about climate change while funding the industry most responsible…
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The Best Sources for COVID-19 Information
Times Square on March 7, 2020.Photo: Kena Betancur ((AFP via Getty Images)The reality of covid-19 has finally started to hit…
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Scientists Who Created Order From Randomness Win Prestigious Mathematics Prize
2020 Abel Prize laureates Hillel Furstenberg (left) and Gregory Margulis (right)Photo: Dan RezettiScientists Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis have won…
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Paleontologists Are Skeptical About Baby Dinosaur Cells Supposedly Found in Fossil
Artist’s reconstruction of the nesting ground of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri. A deceased Hypacrosaurus nestling can be seen with the back of…
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A Powerful New Telescope Is About to Get Screwed by Elon Musk’s Starlink Constellation, Research Suggests
The Rubin Observatory currently under construction in Chile.Image: Rubin ObservatoryAs astronomers eagerly await the opening of the Vera C. Rubin…
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What You Need to Know About Honeywell’s New Quantum Computer
Part of Honeywell’s quantum device.Photo: HoneywellBusiness conglomerate and defense contractor Honeywell announced today that it will bring what it claims…
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The Ouroboros, From Antiquity to AI
Forever WeekForever WeekThis week we're exploring all things eternal, endless, and infinite.The Ouroboros—which symbolizes the cyclical nature of life and…
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