Science
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Climate change means people are losing 44 hours of sleep per year
Analysis of data from sleep-tracking wristbands in 68 countries reveals that unusually hot nights are causing people to fall asleep…
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Boeing’s Starliner launches on third attempt to reach International Space Station
Aerospace giant Boeing launched its Starliner space capsule Thursday to the International Space Station in a crucial test of its…
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What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both?
Physicians at pediatric liver centers in the United Kingdom have been meeting regularly to work out how best to care…
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Astronomers question if the first picture of a black hole is accurate
The Event Horizon Telescope’s first image of a black hole showed a distinctive ring feature, but a reanalysis of their…
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Smart contact lens could directly deliver glaucoma drugs when needed
A wireless contact lens that monitors eye pressure and delivers glaucoma drugs on demand has been tested in animals Health…
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Pairs of giant planets may make their star systems ultra-habitable
Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn may make…
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‘Blood moon’ puts on lunar display across parts of Americas, Europe and Africa
The red hue appears because the only sunlight reaching the moon passes through Earth’s atmosphere, according to NASA. “The more…
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Strange state of matter made into a pancake-shape for first time
A supersolid is an exotic state of matter that behaves like both a solid and a fluid. It was first…
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Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s…
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What’s next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its image of the Milky Way’s black hole, the team is…
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