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Debate over the universe's expansion rate may unravel physics. Is it a crisis?

Jul 30 2019 6:00 AM

Measurements of the Hubble constant don't line up. Scientists debate what that means.

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How a 2017 radioactive plume may be tied to Russia and nixed neutrino research

Jul 29 2019 3:45 PM

A botched attempt at producing radioactive material needed for a neutrino experiment may have released ruthenium-106 to the atmosphere in 2017.

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In a first, physicists re-created the sun's spiraling solar wind in a lab

Jul 29 2019 11:00 AM

Some of the sun's fundamental physics have been re-created with plasma inside a vacuum chamber

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Positive attitudes about aging may pay off in better health

Jul 29 2019 6:00 AM

Research into the mind-body connection shows that attitude is everything when it comes to healthy aging.

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Science Visualized

Mapping how the 'immortal' hydra regrows cells may demystify regeneration

Jul 26 2019 12:14 PM

In the continually regenerating hydra, fluorescent markers help researchers track stem cells on the way to their cellular fate.

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Giving cats food with an antibody may help people with cat allergies

Jul 26 2019 9:00 AM

Research by pet-food maker Purina aims to disable the major allergen carried in cat saliva, a protein called Fel d1.

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Climate change could raise the risk of deadly fungal infections in humans
Jul 26 2019 6:00 AM

The rise of Candida auris, a deadly fungus spurring outbreaks in the United States and worldwide, may have been aided by climate change.

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Immune system defects seem to contribute to obesity in mice
Jul 25 2019 2:00 PM

Subtle defects affecting T cells altered the animals' microbiome and fat absorption, providing hints of what might also be going on in people.

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50 Years Ago
50 years ago, a drug that crippled a generation found new life as a leprosy treatment
Jul 25 2019 1:00 PM

In 1969, a drug that crippled a generation found new life as a treatment for leprosy.

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Science Visualized
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope celebrates 20 years in space
Jul 25 2019 10:33 AM

The U.S. space agency has released new images for the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 20th birthday.

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Dark matter particles won't kill you. If they could, they would have already
Jul 25 2019 6:00 AM

The fact that no one has been killed by shots of dark matter suggests the mysterious substance is relatively small and light.

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How today's global warming is unlike the last 2,000 years of climate shifts
Jul 24 2019 2:16 PM

Temperatures at the end of the 20th century were hotter almost everywhere on the planet than in the previous two millennia.

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First
This is the first fungus known to host complex algae inside its cells
Jul 24 2019 12:49 PM

In the lab, an alga and a fungus teamed up to exchange food, similar to lichens. But instead of staying outside, the alga moved into the fungal cells.

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A frog study may point to where parenting begins in the brain
Jul 24 2019 7:03 AM

Two brain regions, including one active in mammal parents, lit up with activity in both male and female poison frogs when caring for their tadpoles.

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Reviews & Previews
'Fruit from the Sands' explores the Silk Road origins of apples, tea and more
Jul 23 2019 10:56 AM

A new book explains how many of today's popular foods got started on Central Asia's ancient Silk Road trade networks.

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News in Brief
U.S. wells are pumping up groundwater from increasing depths
Jul 23 2019 6:00 AM

Around the United States, groundwater wells are getting deeper in search of new sources of freshwater, a new study shows.

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