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What Research in Antarctica Tells Us about the Science of Isolation

Over the past few months, the phrase “social distancing” has entered our lexicon. Many of us have found ourselves separated…

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Does ‘Brain Training’ Actually Work?

If there were an app on your phone that could improve your memory, would you try it? Who wouldn’t want…

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When and Why You Should Get a Flu Shot

As the U.S. continues to grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic, another infectious respiratory disease is already looming: influenza. Flu…

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The First-Ever Image of a Black Hole Is Now a Movie

The historic first image of a black hole unveiled last year has now been turned into a movie. The short sequence of…

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Watch a Robot AI Beat World-Class Curling Competitors

Artificial intelligence still needs to bridge the “sim-to-real” gap. Deep-learning techniques that are all the rage in AI log superlative performances…

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Is There Life on Venus? These Missions Could Find It

For decades, scientists have treated Venus as Earth’s estranged sister gone bad. Once considered a promising planetary destination because of…

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What COVID-19 Reinfection Means for Vaccines

The question of whether we can be reinfected with COVID-19 has been resolved. In August, genome sequencing confirmed that a…

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China Says It Will Stop Releasing CO2 within 40 Years

China pledged yesterday to stop releasing carbon emissions before 2060 in a surprise move that catapults it ahead of U.S.…

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COVID-19 Testing Lab Shows How Colleges Can Reopen Safely

In a vast, unintentional public health experiment, millions of U.S. college students have descended on campuses to begin their fall…

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Squeezing the Elephant – Scientific American

Asian elephants, the largest land mammals on the continent, can weigh as much as a forklift. This suggests they shouldn’t…

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