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Tidal floods driven by climate change may hurt small businesses

Feb 19 2019 6:00 AM

Parking data from Annapolis, Md.'s historic downtown shows how tidal flooding, driven by sea rise, can hurt local business.

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Brain cells combine place and taste to make food maps

Feb 18 2019 1:00 PM

A select group of brain cells responds to both flavor and location, a specialty that may help an animal find the next good meal.

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Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia

Feb 17 2019 7:00 AM

The hardened plaque on teeth is helping scientists trace the history of dairying in Mongolia.

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Why some Georgia O'Keeffe paintings have 'art acne'

Feb 16 2019 9:00 AM

Tiny protrusions are from chemical reactions in the paint, say scientists who developed an imaging method that could help curators track the knobs.

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LIGO will be getting a quantum upgrade

Feb 15 2019 2:54 PM

Quantum squeezing of light will help scientists make better gravitational wave detectors.

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STEM professors' beliefs on intelligence may widen the racial achievement gap

Feb 15 2019 2:00 PM

Seeing intelligence as fixed can result in lower grades, especially for certain minorities

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Muons reveal the whopping voltages inside a thunderstorm
Feb 15 2019 7:00 AM

Particle physics sheds new light on the electric potential of thunderstorms.

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A new insulation material is practically weightless yet still durable
Feb 14 2019 2:00 PM

Extreme heat and temperature swings are no match for this lightweight insulator.

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Climate change could increase foodborne illness by energizing flies
Feb 14 2019 9:00 AM

Warmer, more lively house flies could spread more Campylobacter bacteria by landing on more food.

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50 Years Ago
50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction
Feb 14 2019 7:00 AM

In 1969, peregrine falcons were at risk of extinction. But a ban on the pesticide DDT and new captive breeding programs allowed the raptors to recover.

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Slow sperm may fail at crashing 'gates' on their way to an egg
Feb 13 2019 2:49 PM

A new study describes how sperm navigate narrow straits in the reproductive tract's obstacle course to reach an egg.

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After 15 years on Mars, it's the end of the road for Opportunity
Feb 13 2019 2:16 PM

After 15 years of exploring Mars, a dust storm led to the demise of NASA's longest-lived rover.

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Photons reveal a weird effect called the quantum pigeonhole paradox
Feb 13 2019 6:00 AM

Quantum particles seem to disobey a fundamental principle of mathematics.

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A new 2-D material uses light to quickly and safely purify water
Feb 12 2019 3:30 PM

A newly designed material uses only light to speedily remove 99.9999 percent of microbes from water.

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Greenland may have another massive crater hiding under its ice
Feb 12 2019 10:06 AM

There may be yet another large crater buried beneath Greenland's ice sheet. But it's probably not related to the first one found last year.

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Robots are becoming classroom tutors. But will they make the grade?
Feb 12 2019 6:00 AM

Educational robots show promise for helping kids in the classroom or at home, but researchers are still figuring out how these bots should behave.

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