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A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working
by Emily Mullin on February 8, 2023 at 12:00 pm
A key tool in the early pandemic response, monoclonal antibodies are now ineffective against new variants. Immunocompromised patients are especially at risk.
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The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis Has a Troubling Twist
by Maryn McKenna on February 7, 2023 at 2:30 pm
A major new UN report says we’ve ignored the role of environmental degradation in fueling the superbugs that kill 1.27 million people each year.
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A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space
by Ramin Skibba on February 7, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The European Space Agency is exploring a unique way to dramatically cut carbon emissions by tapping sunlight closer to the source.
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Earthquake Aftershocks May Rock Turkey and Syria for Months, Even Years
by Matt Simon on February 7, 2023 at 12:22 am
Monday’s massive earthquake has triggered a swarm of aftershocks, which will make a humanitarian disaster even more devastating.
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A Looming El Niño Could Dry the Amazon
by Matt Simon on February 6, 2023 at 4:00 pm
When a warm band of water develops in the Pacific, drought grips the rainforest. The Amazon, devastated by deforestation and fires, is especially vulnerable.
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At Last, the Milky Way Gets a Better Close Up
by Katrina Miller on February 6, 2023 at 12:00 pm
The largest catalog ever collected by a single telescope maps Earth’s 3 billion stellar neighbors—and helps track the dust that warps how we see them.
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The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Spain’s Saffron Crop
by Sam Jones on February 4, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities together.
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MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time
by Grace Browne on February 3, 2023 at 9:12 pm
Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain.
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What Would Earth’s Temperature Be Like Without an Atmosphere?
by Rhett Allain on February 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm
If you want to know what the cloud of gas that surrounds the planet is really doing for us, you have to see what the world would be like without it.
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The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years
by Jim Morrison on February 3, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today.
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Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice
by Emily Mullin on February 2, 2023 at 1:00 pm
These tiny organoids with working immune systems mimic the function of the GI tract and could be used to study intestinal diseases and drugs to treat them.
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The Last Drug That Can Fight Gonorrhea Is Starting to Falter
by Maryn McKenna on February 1, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Data gaps, funding cuts, and shyness about sex let gonorrhea gain drug resistance. There are no new treatments yet.
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Spotted a UFO? There’s an App for That
by Ramin Skibba on January 31, 2023 at 8:19 pm
Enigma Labs launches a project to crowdsource and quantify data about “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
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Why Bother Bringing Back the Dodo?
by Matt Reynolds on January 31, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Audacious plans to resurrect the long-extinct bird could be lucrative. But the moonshot raises thorny philosophical questions.
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Did the Seeds of Life Ride to Earth Inside an Asteroid?
by Katrina Miller on January 31, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Biological amino acids could have celestial or terrestrial roots. An experiment simulated their formation in deep space—but the mystery isn’t solved yet.
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The Spaceport at the Edge of the World
by Tomas Weber on January 31, 2023 at 11:00 am
A tiny Scottish village is betting its future on rocket launches. But the plan may threaten the fragile landscape—and a tenacious billionaire’s ambitions.
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The Case of the Incredibly Long-Lived Mouse Cells
by Max G. Levy on January 30, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Scientists kept the rodents’ immune T cells active four times longer than mice can live—with huge implications for cancer, vaccination, and aging research.
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‘Nasty’ Geometry Breaks a Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture
by Jordana Cepelewicz on January 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Mathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. They were […]
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The American West’s Salt Lakes Are Turning to Dust
by Caroline Tracey on January 28, 2023 at 1:00 pm
A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.
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How Sensor-Dangling Helicopters Can Help Beat the Water Crisis
by Matt Simon on January 27, 2023 at 12:00 pm
A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and a few ATVs).