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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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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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What’s next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its picture of the Milky Way’s black hole, the team is…
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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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Is It COVID or Is It Allergies?
For the third year in a row, seasonal allergies have coexisted with COVID-19. And according to clinicians, it has been…
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Covid-19 news: Fourth vaccine may offer ‘substantial’ antibody boost
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 Record-Breaking Simulation Sheds Light on ‘Cosmic Dawn’
Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe’s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged…
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Bats buzz like hornets to scare away predators
The whining buzz of a wasp is enough to send many of us running for the hills. Now, it seems…
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Mysterious ‘Retron’ DNA Helps Scientists Edit Human Genes
Deep in a bacterium’s gelatinous matrix dwell little “cellular machines” called retrons, which produce single strands of DNA to detect…
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Why is it hard to count the number of deaths caused by the pandemic?
A new estimate by the World Health Organization suggests that deaths from the pandemic are much higher than official figures…
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