science news 2019
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Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
Less than a decade from now, a spacecraft from Mars may swing by Earth to drop off precious cargo: samples…
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Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy—And Simple Ways To Fix It
Disrupted sleep, lower life satisfaction and poor self-esteem are just a few of the negative mental health consequences that research…
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Betelgeuse ‘Great Dimming’ Mystery Solved by Satellite Photobomb
In late 2019, mere months before the COVID-19 pandemic would engulf the globe, much of the world was instead concerned…
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3D rabbit ‘hologram’ created by levitating screen using sound waves
Sound waves can be used to keep an object hovering in the air, and a new technique works even in…
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A $100 genome? New DNA sequencers could be a ‘game changer’ for biology, medicine
For DNA sequencing, this “is the year of the big shake-up,” says Michael Snyder, a systems biologist at Stanford University.…
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We Must End Ageism in Cancer Clinical Trials
Cancer afflicts more older people than those in any other age group. In fact, over half of cancers diagnosed in…
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Mice of the sea: Watch elephant seals use whiskers to find food
Female elephant seals spend most of their lives fishing in complete darkness. Now, by strapping infrared cameras to their heads,…
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Has Google’s LaMDA artificial intelligence really achieved sentience?
Blake Lemoine, an engineer at Google, has claimed that the firm’s LaMDA artificial intelligence is sentient, but the expert consensus…
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Experimental umbilical cord stem cell therapy treats rare disease
By Clare Wilson A cell sample being pipetted into a multi-well plate containing growth nutrient medium Andrew Brookes/Getty Images A…
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Stress Management Helped Wolves Become Dogs
The wolf relatives of modern-day dogs began the evolutionary process of becoming humans’ best friends more than 10,000 years ago.…
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