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New way to detect blood clots

Researchers are working on an entirely new way to detect blood clots, especially in pediatric patients.

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New way to detect blood clots

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COVID-19 lockdowns worsen childhood obesity, study finds

Lockdowns implemented across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively impacted diet, sleep and physical activity among children with obesity, according to new research.

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COVID-19 lockdowns worsen childhood obesity, study finds

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Hairy, lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research

A new, hair-sprouting dollop of human skin created in the lab might one day help prevent hair loss. An article describes the hairy creation as the first hair-baring human skin organoid made with pluripotent stem cells, or the master cells present during early stages of embryonic development that later ...

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Hairy, lab-grown human skin cell model could advance hair loss research

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Researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes

After the US Census Bureau announced that it was changing how it protects the identities of individuals for the 2020 Census, researchers began to evaluate how these changes may affect census data integrity.

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Researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes

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A satisfying romantic relationship may improve breast cancer survivors' health

Breast cancer survivors in romantic relationships who feel happy and satisfied with their partners may be at lower risk for a host of health problems, new research suggests.

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A satisfying romantic relationship may improve breast cancer survivors' health

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Human activity threatens vertebrate evolutionary history

A new study maps for the first time the evolutionary history of the world's terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. It explores how areas with large concentrations of evolutionarily distinct species are being impacted by our ever-increasing 'human footprint.'

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Human activity threatens vertebrate evolutionary history

Science - The Verge

SpaceX launches latest batch of internet satellites, including one with a visor

Update June 3rd, 9:43PM ET: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off at 9:25PM ET and deployed all 60 satellites into orbit. The rocket also landed on the company's drone ship in the Atlantic following the launch, marking the fifth time this particular rocket has been recovered after a mission. ...

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Science - The Verge

SpaceX launches latest batch of internet satellites, including one with a visor

WIRED Science

Major Hydroxychloroquine Trial Shows No Prevention Benefits

A large, double-blind study examined 821 people who had been exposed to the virus. The drug was no better at stopping Covid-19 infection than a placebo.

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Major Hydroxychloroquine Trial Shows No Prevention Benefits

Science - The Verge

A rocket launch can't unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions

At 9:30AM ET on Tuesday, three American astronauts symbolically rang the Nasdaq opening bell from space " a celebration of SpaceX's historic launch that sent astronauts into orbit three days prior. The short ceremony played out live on the Nasdaq's giant screen in Times Square, with various NASA ...

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Science - The Verge

A rocket launch can't unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions

WIRED Science

16 Health Workers Talk About Their Battles With the Pandemic

WIRED's video team reached out to doctors, physician assistants, and paramedics, and asked them about their experiences treating Covid-19 patients.

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WIRED Science

16 Health Workers Talk About Their Battles With the Pandemic

Science - The Verge

Blaming protesters for COVID-19 spread ignores the bigger threats to health

Protestors march in California on June 2nd. | Photo by Philip Cheung for The Washington Post via Getty Images Gatherings in every state in the country this week to protest police brutality may be followed by increased numbers of COVID-19 cases in the next few weeks, state health departments warn. ...

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Science - The Verge

Blaming protesters for COVID-19 spread ignores the bigger threats to health

New York Times Science

Tests for Coronavirus Vaccine Need This Ingredient: Horseshoe Crabs

Modern medicine still depends on this animal's blood to test for bacteria in vaccines. And an alternative test requires further study.

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New York Times Science

Tests for Coronavirus Vaccine Need This Ingredient: Horseshoe Crabs

Singularity HUB

Artificial Kidneys Are a Step Closer With This New Tech

10 percent of the global population suffers from some form of kidney disease. That includes 37 million people in the US, 100,000 of whom pass away each year awaiting a kidney transplant. Our kidneys are crucial for keeping us alive and healthy. A sort of chemical computer that keeps our blood chemistry ...

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Singularity HUB

Artificial Kidneys Are a Step Closer With This New Tech

Yahoo Science

Scientists Just Built the Best Sodium Battery Ever

It's extra salty.

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Scientists Just Built the Best Sodium Battery Ever

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Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida and Texas beginning this summer " silver bullet or jumping the ...

This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release millions of GM mosquitoes (labeled by Oxitec as OX5034) every week over the next ...

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Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in Florida and Texas beginning this summer " silver bullet or jumping the ...

Yahoo Science

Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system

Waste heat is all around you. On a small scale, if your phone or laptop feels warm, that's because some of the energy powering the device is being transformed into unwanted heat. On a larger scale, electric grids, such as high power lines, lose over 5% of their energy in the process of transmission. ...

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Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system

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Study: Interstellar object ?Oumuamua' Could Be Made of Hydrogen Ice

Interstellar object ?Oumuamua' first captured our attention when it whizzed through our solar system more than two years ago. Apparently, it's still not done making headlines.

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Study: Interstellar object ?Oumuamua' Could Be Made of Hydrogen Ice

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Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years

"We are seeing the end of coal," says analyst as energy source with biggest impact on climate crisis falls for sixth year in a rowSolar, wind and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time in over 130 years, with the coronavirus pandemic accelerating ...

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Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years

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Explained: How Genetics Determine Vegetable Preferences

The reasons for arugula's taste, health benefits and whether we like it all comes down to genetics.

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Explained: How Genetics Determine Vegetable Preferences

New York Times Science

Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report

Five hundred species are likely to become extinct over the next two decades, according to a new study.

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New York Times Science

Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report

Science - The Verge

What the future of the space station looks like after SpaceX's historic launch

With the success of SpaceX's Crew Dragon launch this weekend, NASA now has the capability to launch its own astronauts from the US once again " and that means changes are in store for the future of the International Space Station. Soon, a new suite of vehicles could be regularly flying people to ...

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Science - The Verge

What the future of the space station looks like after SpaceX's historic launch

Singularity HUB

How a Crowdsourcing Challenge Turbocharged Brain Research During Lockdown

"I had a dream my paintbrush split while I was picking up brain slices. Nightmare scenario, right" Then I woke up and thought: I really miss the lab," a neuroscientist friend of mine recently lamented over a virtual happy hour. She's not alone. As the pandemic spread across the US, neuroscience labs ...

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How a Crowdsourcing Challenge Turbocharged Brain Research During Lockdown

New York Times Science

How to Read a Coronavirus Study, or Any Science Paper

Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.

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New York Times Science

How to Read a Coronavirus Study, or Any Science Paper

WIRED Science

Rigorous Hand-Washing Will Be Part of Covid-19's New Normal

The simplest hygiene tasks are the toughest to maintain'take it from the health care experts who have advice about how to make the habit stick.

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Rigorous Hand-Washing Will Be Part of Covid-19's New Normal

WIRED Science

The WIRED Coronavirus Glossary

Too many Covid-19 buzzwords? Here's what they all mean.

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The WIRED Coronavirus Glossary

New York Times Science

Going Viral, or Not, in the Milky Way

Is the pandemic a rehearsal for our own cosmic mortality?

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New York Times Science

Going Viral, or Not, in the Milky Way

WIRED Science

Meet ACE2, the Enzyme at the Center of the Covid-19 Mystery

Since January, scientists have published more than 700 studies to figure out the molecule's link to risk for the disease?and to find possible treatments.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Meet ACE2, the Enzyme at the Center of the Covid-19 Mystery

Science - The Verge

Go read this heartbreaking story of how coronavirus spreads

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At this moment, more than 104,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus and more than 1.8 million have been infected. It can be hard to wrap your head around the devastation the coronavirus has wreaked on families across the US, especially as some states ...

2 days ago

Science - The Verge

Go read this heartbreaking story of how coronavirus spreads

Science - The Verge

Police violence will make it harder to fight COVID-19

Photo by SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images Law enforcement's brutal response to this weekend's protests may fuel mistrust in the health care system as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to smolder through the country. Experts say the danger is especially acute in black communities, which have already ...

2 days ago

Science - The Verge

Police violence will make it harder to fight COVID-19

New York Times Science

U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats

Researchers whose canceled U.S. grant caused an outcry from other scientists urge preventive monitoring of viruses in southwestern China.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats

Singularity HUB

Carbon Nanotube Transistors May Soon Give Waning Moore's Law a Boost

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been touted as a potential material to take us beyond the limits of faltering silicon chips, but they've proven tricky to manufacture. Now scientists have demonstrated a way to build CNT transistors in a commercial silicon fabrication plant. Essentially CNTs are rolled-up ...

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Singularity HUB

Carbon Nanotube Transistors May Soon Give Waning Moore's Law a Boost

WIRED Science

An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox

Never before have humans lived more comfortably. And yet today we're overwhelmed by crises, be it inequality or economic collapse or Covid, all exacerbating one another.

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WIRED Science

An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox

New York Times Science

Astronauts Dock With Space Station After Historic SpaceX Launch

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley could stay in orbit for months to aid the station's short-staffed crew.

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New York Times Science

Astronauts Dock With Space Station After Historic SpaceX Launch