breaking science news 2020
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Starch supplement reduces the risk of some hereditary cancers
Taking a supplement of 30 grams of ‘resistant starch’ a day — about the amount in two slightly unripe bananas…
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In ominous sign for global warming, feedback loop may be accelerating methane emissions
If carbon dioxide is an oven steadily roasting our planet, methane is a blast from the broiler: a more potent…
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How Antarctic Krill Coordinate the Biggest Swarms in the World
Antarctic krill form the biggest biomass swarms on Earth. “You can even see them from space,” says Alicia Burns, a…
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Firms pledge to clean up construction with green net-zero concrete
A coalition of 17 companies has pledged to begin buying greener concrete this decade, and work towards buying only net-zero…
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We Need to Make ‘Electrifying Everything’ Easier
Converting a home to run on renewable energy has never looked more appealing. Oil and gas prices have surged while…
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How Connected Cars Can Map Urban Heat Islands
Early one May morning in 1927 researcher Wilhelm Schmidt attached a mercury thermometer to his car door and drove around…
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How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children
After the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, in a haze of horror and…
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How AI Facial Recognition is Helping Conserve Pumas
INTRO: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Ashleigh Papp. Papp: Mountain lions are now posing for their close ups.…
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How the Higgs Boson Ruined Peter Higgs’s Life
Ten years ago scientists announced one of the most momentous discoveries in physics: the Higgs boson. The particle, predicted 48 years…
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Melting ice could open up an Arctic Sea route not controlled by Russia
The Russia-controlled Northern Sea Route is one of the only ways ships can sail through the Arctic. Melting sea ice…
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