breaking science news 2020
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Mars may have a huge plume of hot rocks rising towards its surface
Mars has been viewed as a mostly geologically static world, but the planet may have an enormous underground plume of…
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Indigenous Tribes in U.S. Will Get $75 Million for Climate Relocation
Three Native American tribes who face major climate threats are the first recipients of money from a new federal program…
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Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins
You probably don’t think of yourself as a scaly creature, but the hardened structures behind your lips may say otherwise.…
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Why Mauna Loa and Other Hawaiian Volcanoes Are Different from Most
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…
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Heralded Alzheimer’s Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom
Researchers have got a first look at phase III clinical trial data for a much lauded experimental Alzheimer’s drug—and although the…
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DeepMind AI uses deception to beat human players in war game Stratego
An AI has learned to deceive human opponents in the war-themed board game Stratego, which involves imperfect information and a…
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Should we build wind turbines from wood?
By Madeleine Cuff Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction at Modvion’s manufacturing facility Modvion The following is…
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5 Billion People Will Face Water Shortages by 2050, U.N. Says
Five billion people, or around two-thirds of the world’s population, will face at least one month of water shortages by…
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A quantum computer has simulated a wormhole for the first time
Researchers have used Google’s Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece…
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Drug clears sleeping sickness parasite from the body in clinical trial
In a small trial, an experimental medicine was 100 per cent effective at ridding the parasite that causes sleeping sickness…
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