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Here’s What We Know about the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, there are no specific treatments for the disease beyond…

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The Bodies of People Who Died from COVID-19 May Still Be Contagious

Even after death, COVID-19 could be contagious, a new report finds.  A forensic practitioner working in Bangkok, Thailand, most likely caught…

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Persistent Cloudless Skies Helped Fuel Exceptional Greenland Ice Melt

The Greenland ice sheet saw some of its highest melt rates on record last summer. Now, scientists say they know…

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What Happens When Other Disasters Hit during a Pandemic?

The routines of tornado season are familiar ones across the Southeast: Residents keep weather radios close by, schools run tornado…

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COVID-19 Patients Need to be Tested for Bacteria and Fungi, Not Just the Coronavirus

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals are relying on tests capable of delivering reliable results, minimizing transmission…

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Mentalist Blisters Skin with Brainwaves

Originally published in June 1899 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Dr. Edward C. Spitzka, of New York, the noted alienist, has recently…

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Strange Extragalactic Strands Mystify Astronomers

The universe is a stupendously vast and puzzling place. Millennia of scientific advances have incrementally increased our understanding of it,…

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Here's What We Know about the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19

Numerous contenders—from a controversial malaria medication to treatments that regulate the immune system—are now in clinical trials -- Read more…

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Weird Neutrino Behavior Could Explain Longstanding Antimatter Mystery

We may be a big step closer to cracking one of the universe’s biggest and most fundamental mysteries. Scientists think…

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Melting Ice Reveals a “Lost” Viking-Era Pass in Norway’s Mountains

The mountains northwest of Oslo are some of Europe’s highest, and they are covered with snow throughout the year. Norwegians…

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