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Wearable Brain Devices Will Challenge Our Mental Privacy
by Nita A. Farahany on March 27, 2023 at 11:00 am
A new era of neurotechnology means we may need new protections to safeguard our brains and mental experiences
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Millions of People Living with HIV Are Alive, Thanks to a 20-Year Public Health Effort
by Lauren J. Young on March 27, 2023 at 10:45 am
Being infected with HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis, but researchers are looking to fill the gaps that remain to ensure treatment reaches all who need it
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If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians?
by Allison Parshall on March 27, 2023 at 10:00 am
Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.
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Fewer Doctors Are Choosing To Go Into Emergency Medicine
by Janice Blanchard on March 26, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Hundreds of unfilled residency spots in emergency medicine are telling us that critical care is in trouble
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Earthquake Debris Could Create an Environmental Catastrophe in Türkiye and Syria
by Pinar Keskinocak on March 25, 2023 at 12:00 pm
After recent earthquakes, Türkiye and Syria continue to grapple with a mass of rubble that could pollute, poison and alter the lives of everyone around it
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IPCC Report Will Likely Shake Up U.N. Climate Talks
by Sara Schonhardt, E&E News on March 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm
Scientists say countries need to cut emissions far deeper to prevent catastrophic warming. That fact will hang over delegates when they meet later this year at […]
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Scientists Look for Toxins from East Palestine Derailment in Ohio
by Mariana Lenharo, Nature magazine on March 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm
East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be […]
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Mysteriously Young 'Peekaboo' Galaxy Could Reveal Secrets of Early Universe
by Allison Gasparini on March 24, 2023 at 10:45 am
A strange discovery could provide a window into the universe’s earliest galaxies
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Music-Making Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Scary Good
by Allison Parshall on March 24, 2023 at 10:00 am
Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.
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Eye Drops Recalled after Deaths and Blindness--Here's What to Know
by Meghan Bartels on March 23, 2023 at 10:15 pm
Here’s how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection
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There Is Still Plenty We Can Do to Slow Climate Change
by Stephanie Roe on March 23, 2023 at 7:45 pm
While it may seem daunting, there are still many things we can do individually to slow climate change
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Climate Change Is Destabilizing Insurance Industry
by Thomas Frank, E&E News on March 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Insurers face a “crisis of confidence” as global warming makes weather events unpredictable and increases damage
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Top Math Prize Awarded for Describing the Dynamics of the Flow of Rivers and the Melting of Ice
by Manon Bischoff on March 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded “infinities” […]
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The World Faces a Water Crisis, and 4 Powerful Charts Show How
by Miryam Naddaf, Nature magazine on March 23, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Hundreds of millions of people lack access to safe water and sanitation. Will the first U.N. conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?
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Mathematician Wins Abel Prize for 'Smooth' Physics
by Davide Castelvecchi, Nature magazine on March 23, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Luis Caffarelli’s work includes equations underpinning physical phenomena, such as melting ice and flowing liquids
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Kindness Can Have Unexpectedly Positive Consequences
by Amit Kumar on March 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm
People who engage in random acts of kindness may not fully recognize the impact of their behavior on others
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Beethoven's Cause of Death Revealed from Locks of Hair
by Dyani Lewis, Nature on March 23, 2023 at 12:15 pm
DNA from locks of Beethoven’s hair reveals how the composer died, but his hearing loss remains a mystery
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Mitochondria Transplants Save Rats from Cardiac Arrest
by Emma Yasinski on March 23, 2023 at 10:45 am
A new study in rats suggests “powerhouse” organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during cardiac arrest
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Was 'Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Object, Less Weird Than We Thought?
by Meghan Bartels on March 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm
A new study suggests that ‘Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet from another […]
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'Plasticosis' in Seabirds Could Herald New Era of Animal Disease
by Matthew Savoca, The Conversation US on March 22, 2023 at 2:15 pm
Ocean animals are growing sicker from ingesting too much plastic
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Use Nature as Infrastructure
by The Editors on March 22, 2023 at 2:00 pm
In the climate crisis, wetlands have more economic value than new development
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Volcanic Activity on Mars Upends Red Planet Assumptions
by Phil Plait on March 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm
A mass of moving material on Mars called a mantle plume may be causing marsquakes and volcanism
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Health Research Is Needed Now before Sending Civilians to Space
by Michael Marge on March 22, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Now is the time to protect the health and safety of civilians who will be traveling, living and working in the dangerous environment of space
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Spring Is Starting Earlier--It's Not Your Imagination
by Jude Coleman on March 22, 2023 at 10:45 am
Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread […]
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Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You've Heard This Week
by Allison Parshall on March 22, 2023 at 10:00 am
Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.