science news 2019
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Leading Peruvian archaeologist ousted by U.S. National Academy of Sciences
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has rescinded the membership of a prominent Peruvian archaeologist who also served briefly…
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How to Build an Offshore Wind Farm
Let’s talk about building an offshore wind farm. For starters, it’s not your average construction job. Vineyard Wind I, the…
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Beethoven’s Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence
Teresa Carey: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Teresa Carey. Every morning at five o’clock, composer Walter Werzowa would…
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Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory?
The biggest mystery concerning the history of our universe is what happened before the big bang. Where did our universe…
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News at a glance: Third vaccine doses, revised guidance on aspirin, and a research reactor leak
FISHERIES SCIENCE Overruling scientists, Florida board authorizes fishing of the vulnerable goliath grouper A Florida commission voted last week to…
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Covid-19 news: Positive lateral flow test results ‘should be trusted’
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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Gnarly, Centuries-Old Mathematical Quandaries Get New Solutions
A series of unsolved puzzles in number theory called Diophantine problems date back to 3,700 years ago. Over the years…
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America’s Next Great Migrations Are Driven by Climate Change
The increasingly frequent and intense floods, heat waves, wildfires and other extreme climate events jolt us into realizing that we…
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A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska
Emily Schwing: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Emily Schwing. How do you fight an uphill battle when the problem…
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Massive road project threatens New Guinea’s biodiversity
Seventeen years ago, botanist Miriam van Heist of Wageningen University and a team of local collaborators set out to explore…
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