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05/02/2019

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Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment

May 01 2019 2:06 PM

By chowing down on grass and then excreting into rivers and lakes, hippos play a big role in transporting a nutrient crucial to the food web.

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Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry

May 01 2019 2:00 PM

Scientists detected water in bits of an asteroid thought to be devoid of the liquid. Such space rocks might have helped create Earth's oceans.

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A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans

May 01 2019 1:00 PM

A Denisovan jaw is the earliest evidence of hominids on the Tibetan Plateau, and the first fossil outside of Siberia from the mysterious human lineage.

The Science Life

How scientists traced a uranium cube to Nazi Germany's nuclear reactor program

May 01 2019 3:00 AM

New research suggests that the Nazis had enough uranium to make a working nuclear reactor.

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Dry sand can bubble and swirl like a fluid

Apr 30 2019 2:21 PM

Put two types of sand grains together in a chamber, and they can flow like fluids under the right conditions.

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Skepticism grows over whether the first known exomoon exists

Apr 30 2019 12:30 PM

New analyses of the data used to find the first discovered exomoon are reaching conflicting results.

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A mysterious dementia that mimics Alzheimer's gets named LATE

Apr 30 2019 12:00 PM

An underappreciated form of dementia that causes memory trouble in older people gets a name: LATE.

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Here's what causes the aurora-like glow known as STEVE

Apr 30 2019 7:00 AM

Amateur astronomer images and satellite data are revealing what causes the strange atmospheric glow called STEVE.

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How holes in herd immunity led to a 25-year high in U.S. measles cases

Apr 29 2019 4:04 PM

U.S. measles cases have surged to 704. Outbreaks reveal pockets of vulnerability where too many unvaccinated people are helping the virus spread.

Experiences

A science-themed escape room gives the brain a workout

Apr 29 2019 12:40 PM

Quantum physicist Paul Kwiat reveals what it takes do well in LabEscape, his science-themed escape room.

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How aphids sacrifice themselves to fix their homes with fatty goo

Apr 29 2019 7:00 AM

Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, using that goo to patch breaches in the wall of their tree home.

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Why war's emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others

Apr 28 2019 8:00 AM

Researchers examine why war's emotional wounds run deep in some youngsters, not others.

Transparency Project

How we reported on the challenges of using ancestry tests to solve crimes

Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM

Here's how we found out what happened when an arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case that was tied to genetic testing.

Transparency Project

How we reported a controversial story about the day the dinosaurs died

Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM

Here's how we covered the story of new fossils found in the Tanis site in North Dakota, including the story's more controversial elements.

Transparency Project

Introducing the Transparency Project

Apr 26 2019 12:23 PM

The Transparency Project aims to be more open and accountable to readers by explaining key coverage decisions and showing how science journalism happens.

News in Brief

Pictures confirm Hayabusa2 made a crater in asteroid Ryugu

Apr 26 2019 12:09 PM

Hayabusa2's crater-blasting success, confirmed by an image beamed back from the spacecraft, paves the way to grab subsurface asteroid dust.

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