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Oct 27 • 7 months ago

Why imperfection could be key to Turing patterns in nature

Many Turing mechanism models yield too-perfect patterns; varying cell sizes vastly improves the results. ...

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Oct 26 • 7 months ago

Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked

A South Korean rocket startup will soon make its first attempt to reach low-Earth orbit. ...

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Oct 25 • 7 months ago

DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

Microbial DNA suggests troops suffered from paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, among other diseases. ...

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Oct 25 • 7 months ago

Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing

A handful of bat species hunt birds, and new sensor data tells us how. ...

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Oct 25 • 7 months ago

Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change

Marine mammals are being forced into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn. ...

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Oct 24 • 7 months ago

DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies

If we ID the DNA for a great antibody, anyone can now make it. ...

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Oct 24 • 7 months ago

An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend

The NTP produced controversial studies on cellphone radiation and fluoride. ...

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Oct 24 • 7 months ago

Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit

Fossil beds in New Mexico show diverse species present in the late Cretaceous. ...

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Oct 23 • 7 months ago

The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia. ...

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Oct 22 • 7 months ago

Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer

An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer. ...

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Oct 22 • 7 months ago

“Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment

Ig Nobel-winning research could one day be used to treat people with blocked airways or clogged lungs. ...

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Oct 21 • 7 months ago

Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns

Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growthSlashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund coul...

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