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England’s August heatwave was deadlier than record 40°C days in July
Official statistics show that England’s 10-day heatwave in August 2022 led to more deaths than the shorter but record-breaking temperature…
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Penis Worm’s Ancient Cousin Fossilized with Its Doughnut-Shaped Brain Intact
Scientists uncovered something unexpected in the fossilized embryo of a worm-like creature from the Cambrian period: the remains of a…
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Understanding Morals Is Key to Accepting Safe Injection Sites
The United States is in the midst of a long-running opioid epidemic that has killed nearly one million people since…
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Algorithm can design the perfect cycle lane system for any city
An algorithm usually used to design profitable airline routes can plan the optimal approach to adding cycle lanes while staying…
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NASA’s Saturn V Rocket, the Moon Rock Box and the Woman Who Made Them Work Properly
What did Yvonne Y. Clark, or Y.Y., actually do as a mechanical engineer? This episode is about the work itself—specifically,…
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I am planning my wife’s woodland burial, but green funerals are costly
My late wife was an environmentalist and wanted an eco-friendly funeral. I have seen to her wishes, but a woodland…
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DeepMind AI finds new way to multiply numbers and speed up computers
Matrix multiplication – where two grids of numbers are multiplied together – forms the basis of many computing tasks, and…
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Ships release invisible contrails that slightly cool the climate
The effect of aerosol pollution from shipping and other sources on clouds has been underestimated and may need to be…
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Can God Be Proved Mathematically?
Who would have thought about God as an apt topic for an essay about mathematics? Don’t worry, the following discussion…
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Discoveries about Ancient Human Evolution Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries about the genomes of…
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