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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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Climate Change Caused $4 Billion of Typhoon’s Damage
CLIMATEWIRE | Scientists have found the fingerprint of global warming on Typhoon Hagibis, a monster cyclone that swept through Japan…
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What Genetics Can—and Cannot—Reveal about an Individual’s COVID Risk
Imagine taking a genetic test that could tell you your personal risk of developing complications and dying from a particular…
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How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse
Every spring I bring my students to the desert of northwestern New Mexico, just north of Chaco Canyon, where the…
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Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months
Blue-green algae, a type of cyanobacteria, set in a container on a windowsill powered a computer continuously for six months…
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Coral reefs have conveyor belts of mucus running across their surface
Tiny cilia on coral reef polyps coordinate to generate currents that run across the reef surface, perhaps to carry food…
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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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How Astronomers Finally Captured a Photo of our Own Galaxy’s Black Hole
Tulika Bose: This is Scientific American’s 60-second science. I’m Tulika Bose. Today — super massive news from space. The first…
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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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