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All 19 detections of the dwarf planet 2017 OF201, from August 2011 to October 2018.
Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire Political bullying is rarely as brutal as it was in Brazil this week when the environment minister Marina Silva was ambushed in a senate meeting. Her thuggish tormentors all white male politicians on the infrastructure committee took turns to publicly belittle the 67-year-old black woman, who has done more than anyone to protect the natural wealth of the country the Amazon rainforest...
An interesting pattern emerges.
Nasa pair Butch and Suni tell the BBC they feared being unable to get home when they failed to dock on the ISS.
The Boy Genius Report - 6 hours 18 min agoCaffeine doesn't just make it harder to fall asleep; it changes how the brain behaves during rest. New research shows that caffeine alters brain activity … The post Caffeine actually rewires your brain while you sleep appeared first on BGR .
Recent construction work on a sea wall to protect Charleston's downtown areas.
George E. Smith in 2009, after it was announced that he and Willard S. Boyle had won the Nobel Prize in Physics for what is known as the charge-coupled device, or CCD.
Global trial shows immunotherapy drug significantly lowers chance of cancer spreading or returning An immunotherapy drug can ward off head and neck cancers for twice as long as the standard treatment, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Pembrolizumab stimulates the immune system to fight cancer, targeting a specific protein that enables the drug to wipe out cancer cells. Continue reading...
Popular Mechanics - 8 hours 19 min agoExperiments with these big hollow spheres are proving an innovative source of energy storage that could power millions of homes.
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Discover Magazine - 9 hours 26 min agoLearn about the cicada brood emerging in 2025, and find out what these insects will do as they appear throughout much of the Eastern U.S.
Scientists don't know what caused the majority of the deaths...
The Boy Genius Report - 10 hours 6 min agoFor centuries, the mystery of how life first began on Earth has fascinated scientists. One leading idea is that our planet once hosted what researchers … The post Scientists are trying to replicate the first thing that ever lived on Earth appeared first on BGR .
Doctor whose discovery helped create mifepristone was guided by his commitment to progress made possible by science' French scientist tienne- mile Baulieu, the inventor of the abortion pill, has died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris. The doctor and researcher, who achieved worldwide renown for his work that led to the pill, had an eventful life that included fighting in the French resistance and becoming friends with artists such as Andy Warhol. Continue reading...
This restoration isn't just for show. Mike Kellner wants to fly the 'Desert Rat.' The post Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber in his barn appeared first on Popular Science .
Discover Magazine - 10 hours 56 min agoLearn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that's never been more important.
Retraction Watch - 11 hours 25 min agoThe authors of an article linking scores on a "wokeness" scale and mental health issues are blaming political bias for the retraction of their paper in March following post-publication peer review. The article, "Do Conservatives Really Have an Advantage in Mental Health? An Examination of Measurement Invariance," appeared in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology last … Continue reading Paper on "wokeness" and mental health retracted for political reasons...
A "creeping danger".
A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all.
We don't currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it's ready.
Aishwarya Bandla tries to center her work around passion, people, and purpose, following the Japanese concept of ikigai , or a sense of purpose. For the IEEE senior member, that involves transforming patient care through innovative health technology. Bandla is developing a means to help prevent nerve damage in cancer patients resulting from chemotherapy treatment, a condition known as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy Chemotherapy is known to cause a variety of side effects including nausea...
Discover Magazine - 12 hours 26 min agoLearn more about why humpback whales can't really see that well and how it is putting them in danger.
The protein-packed legume could play a central role in plant-based diets. The post Why fava beans taste gross (and how scientists want to fix them) appeared first on Popular Science .
Student researchers at Ramapo College of New Jersey identified human remains as those of 19th-century ship Captain Henry Goodsell.
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