breaking science news 2020
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AI Drug Discovery Systems Might Be Repurposed to Make Chemical Weapons, Researchers Warn
In 2020 Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, a company that specializes in looking for new drug candidates for rare and communicable diseases, received…
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Pterosaurs May Have Had Brightly Colored Feathers, Exquisite Fossil Reveals
Long before the first birds flapped and fluttered, pterosaurs took to the skies. These leathery-winged reptiles, their bodies coated with…
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Cosmic Simulation Shows How Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies Confront Goliath, and Survive
Joanna Thompson: This is Scientific American’s 60 second science. I’m Joanna Thompson. In 2018, a group of astronomers from Yale…
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How to Make Smart Decisions About COVID Risk-Benefit
As COVID cases declined across the U.S. in recent months and mask mandates were lifted, more people returned to restaurants,…
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In a First, Wind Generation Tops Coal and Nuclear Power for a Day
Wind was the second-largest source of power generation in the country on March 29, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported…
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New Cases of Childhood Diabetes Rose during the Pandemic
The little girl felt poorly, but both she and her mom thought they knew the reason. Aliyah Davis, just nine…
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Love Computers? Love History? Listen to This Podcast
KATIE HAFNER: Hello Science Talk Audience / Hello 60-Second Science Listeners! I’m Katie Hafner, the host of Lost Women of…
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How Junk Science is Being Used Against Trans Kids
Announcer 1: It is the latest fight over transgender rights. Announcer 2: Arkansas passing a bill blocking gender affirming care…
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Why is there a sunflower oil shortage and what can I use instead?
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has led to a fall in sunflower oil exports, but vegetable oil prices were already at…
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Digital Earth “Twins” Could Help Address Climate Change
The European Union has an idea to help save the planet from the future ravages of climate change: Make a…
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