science news 2019
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Mathematicians Are Trying to ‘Hear’ Shapes
More than 50 years ago Polish-American mathematician Mark Kac popularized a zany but mathematically deep question in his 1966 paper…
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Every heatwave occurring today is more intense due to climate change
It’s no longer important to use modelling to determine whether a heatwave was made more likely by climate change, say…
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African wild dogs give birth 22 days later than they did 30 years ago
African wild dogs like to breed at the coolest time of year, and climate change has shifted the average timing…
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New Abortion Laws Could Make Prenatal Genetic Screening Harder to Do
Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last…
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NIH’s vaunted program for solving puzzling medical cases is running out of money
Ten years ago, an athletic 12-year-old from Affton, Missouri, named Mitchell Herndon began to experience muscle weakness that eventually led…
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26 US states are likely to ban abortion to the fullest extent possible
After the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, abortion bans in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee…
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How Connected Cars Can Map Urban Heat Islands
Early one May morning in 1927 researcher Wilhelm Schmidt attached a mercury thermometer to his car door and drove around…
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Reddit moderators do $3.4 million worth of unpaid work each year
Volunteers who maintain the standard of content on Reddit’s forums do 466 hours of work every day – labour that…
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Primary Care Providers Can Help Safeguard Abortion
The Supreme Court has overturned constitutional protections for abortion, and several states have now immediately outlawed essential care that is…
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Chimpanzees hunt for fruit in video game to test navigation skills
Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over…
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