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Boeing’s Starliner Launch Will Bring New Cargo and Science to the Space Station
Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station is poised to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT…
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Cryptocurrency mining is still on the rise despite huge price drops
The value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has plummeted in recent weeks, but the computer power devoted to the industry…
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Aliens could say hello by arranging planets in prime number pattern
A sufficiently advanced alien civilisation would be able to arrange the orbits of the planets in its star system in…
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Covid-19 news: US records over 1 million coronavirus deaths
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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Yes, Phones Can Reveal if Someone Gets an Abortion
Last week a leaked memo revealed that the Supreme Court plans to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. If…
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Better fat bubbles could power a new generation of mRNA vaccines
As any dietician will tell you, some fats are good—and that is surely true of the little fatty balls found…
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‘World-leading’ research not confined to elite universities, says REF
The Research Excellence Framework, an assessment of UK universities’ research output, has found that “world-leading” research is distributed across the…
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Covid-19 news: Easing zero-covid may cause 1.5 million deaths in China
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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New versions of Omicron are masters of immune evasion
Once again, South Africa is at the forefront of the changing COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiologists and virologists are watching closely as…
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We have 48% chance of breaching 1.5°C target by 2026, says Met Office
The world could soon temporarily overshoot the 1.5°C warming threshold – showing how close we are coming to missing the…
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