Science
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Newly Discovered Bat Viruses Give Hints to Covid’s Origins
In the summer of 2020, half a year into the coronavirus pandemic, scientists traveled into the forests of northern Laos…
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These Worms Left the Ocean Floor and Never Looked Back
The average scale worm trudges along the seafloor like a tiny armored tank. The worm’s overlapping scales shield its backside…
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In a Blue Origin Rocket, William Shatner Finally Goes to Space
NEAR VAN HORN, TEXAS — William Shatner, the actor best known as the heroic Captain James T. Kirk in “Star…
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Astronomers Found a Planet That Survived Its Star’s Death
When our sun enters its death throes in about five billion years, it will incinerate our planet and then dramatically…
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Did a Meteor Explode Over New Hampshire? That May Explain the Boom.
The theories lit up the internet: An earthquake must have caused a prolonged boom that shook homes on Sunday morning…
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After 2 Years, a Tire Is Removed From an Elk’s Neck in Colorado
On Saturday night, Patrick Hemstreet was in his home office in Pine, Colo., checking his email when his wife called…
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When You Go to the Loo, a Bat Might Go Boo
Imagine you are at a research camp in the Tanzanian grasslands and you need to relieve yourself. You walk to…
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How Maori Arrival in New Zealand Was Frozen in Antarctic Ice
When it comes to records of human history, don’t overlook Earth’s only uninhabited continent. Researchers recently found soot preserved in…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Creating a Tool to Build Molecules
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for their development of…
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Like Captain Kirk, William Shatner Will Travel to Space (Almost)
He’s boldly going where Jeff Bezos has gone before. William Shatner, known best from his years as the U.S.S. Enterprise’s…