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Six-Planet System in Perfect Harmony Shocks Scientists
Astronomers have discovered an uncommon star system located just 100 light-years away from us, with six planets huddled immensely close…
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Trust and safety – the most important tech job you’ve never heard of
Shutterstock/Bits And Splits RECENTLY I was at a conference full of tech nerds and policy wonks, when I saw an…
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Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away
The six planets of the HD 110067 system orbit in a regular pattern due to their gravitational influence on each…
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Commercial Airliner Is First to Cross Atlantic with Biofuel Power
November 29, 2023 3 min read Virgin Atlantic flew the first large commercial jet to traverse the Atlantic with 100…
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Experts Doubt Claims that World’s Oldest Pyramid Was Discovered in Indonesia
A headline-grabbing paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of…
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What’s Causing the Mysterious Wave of Childhood Pneumonia in China?
November 28, 2023 3 min read A surge in respiratory disease in China appears to be caused by known pathogens, but the pattern…
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We Traced the Forever Chemicals Getting Into Ocean Ecosystems
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. PFAS, the “forever…
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Where is the iceberg that broke off Antarctica and is it a threat?
Satellite image of the Antarctic iceberg A23a in November 2023 European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-3 via Reuters The largest iceberg in the…
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Climate Adaptation is Backfiring
Andrea Thompson: Humans have been adapting to our environment as long as we’ve been around—it’s how we’ve settled everywhere from…
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ECPR Could Prevent Many More Cardiac Arrest Deaths
Every year more than 300,000 people in the U.S. die from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, making it a leading cause…
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