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Keeping a Business Safe without a Mask Mandate Requires a Nuanced Approach
All remaining U.S. states with COVID-related public mask requirements have recently lifted them, and in mid-April, a district judge in…
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Covid-19 news: Reinfection eight times higher with omicron than delta
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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Teleportation trick shows promise for a future quantum internet
Quantum information has been sent from one side of a simple quantum network to the other, passing through an intermediate…
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This Tick Can Make You Allergic to Meat and It’s Spreading
Kristina Carlson didn’t think much about the tick she pulled off her torso while she was hiking in the mountains…
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Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine
We already knew that bottlenose dolphins recognise each other through their signature whistles, but now it seems the taste of…
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Covid-19 news: UK set to offer autumn boosters to the most vulnerable
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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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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Two newly described Amazon fish species are on the brink of extinction
New varieties of South American darter fish were documented in Brazil’s Apuí region. But deforestation in the area means they…
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Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life
Introduction We Might Not Be Aloneby Jesse Emspak Section 1: Where is Everybody? 1.1 The Fermi Paradox Is Not Fermi’s,…
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Protein gel could help treat type 1 diabetes
The gel, which was implanted alongside a pancreatic cell transplant in monkeys with type 1 diabetes, releases a protein that…
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