breaking science news 2020
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James Webb Space Telescope Set to Study Two Strange Super-Earths
The James Webb Space Telescope plans to explore strange, new rocky worlds in unprecedented detail. The telescope’s scientific consortium has…
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Cutting air pollution could boost crop yields by up to 28 per cent
Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse…
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Will AI text-to-image generators put illustrators out of a job?
Imagen, from Google, is the latest example of an AI seemingly able to produce high-quality images from a text prompt…
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Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males
Pregnant and lactating female mice release a banana-smelling chemical in their urine that is thought to stress out males so…
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Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine
We already knew that bottlenose dolphins recognise each other through their signature whistles, but now it seems the taste of…
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The U.S. Needs Its Local Public Health Officials Back, Stat
In many ways, the most important scientific battlefields have become the forums and meetings of local government. During the first…
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Europe’s Historic Clean Energy Plan Faces a Mining Problem
CLIMATEWIRE | Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to…
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Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover?
Europe’s long-awaited ExoMars rover—the first ever for the continent—seems to be cursed. Parachute problems scuppered its initially planned launch in…
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Origin of Life Theory Involving RNA–Protein Hybrid Gets New Support
Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of life’s beginnings, by demonstrating that RNA molecules can…
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Mental Health Care Should Be Available for All, Not a Luxury
For more than 25 years, Richard Youins struggled to find help with his drug addiction. Youins is from New Haven,…
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