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NASA’s Plan to Make JWST Data Immediately Available Will Hurt Astronomy
In August the White House announced that the results of all federally funded research should be freely accessible by the…
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Ants Can Produce Milk for Their Young (and Old)
For the first time, researchers have observed ants secreting a milk-like fluid that nourishes others in the colony. The research,…
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Ancient Sawfish Help to Illuminate Our Teeth’s Scaly Origins
You probably don’t think of yourself as a scaly creature, but the hardened structures behind your lips may say otherwise.…
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U.S. Embassies Face Growing Risk from Climate Change, Government Watchdog Says
State Department personnel working at embassies and consulates around the world face heightened safety and security risks from climate disasters—particularly…
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Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study
An experimental HIV vaccine led to antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 volunteers, but whether this offers…
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Owl-like engravings from Copper Age may have been made by children
Slate plaques from about 5000 years ago engraved with images of what look like owls may have been children’s artwork…
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Should we build wind turbines from wood?
By Madeleine Cuff Sections of a timber wind turbine tower under construction at Modvion’s manufacturing facility Modvion The following is…
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A quantum computer has simulated a wormhole for the first time
Researchers have used Google’s Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece…
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Tardrigrades, an Unlikely Sleeping Beauty
Ashleigh Papp: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Ashleigh Papp. Papp: Imagine a little critter that isn’t quite an…
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Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline but concerns linger
By Grace Wade Alzheimer’s disease may be caused by the accumulation of protein plaques and tangles in the brain Andrew…
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