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NASA reschedules Ingenuity helicopter's first flight on Mars for Monday

An artists" rendering of the Ingenuity and its parent rover Perseverance | NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has rescheduled the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to April 19th at 3:30AM ET, the agency announced Saturday. The four-pound helicopter that arrived on Mars on February ...

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NASA reschedules Ingenuity helicopter's first flight on Mars for Monday

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NASA astronaut returns safely to Earth after six months in space

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NASA astronaut returns safely to Earth after six months in space

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We're Starting to See How Covid PPE Litter Affects Wildlife

More than a year into the pandemic, scientists and environmentalists have the first data on where disposable gloves and masks are turning up in ecosystems.

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We're Starting to See How Covid PPE Litter Affects Wildlife

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Pentagon confirms authenticity of videos showing UFOs

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Pentagon confirms authenticity of videos showing UFOs

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Brazil 'needs $10bn to reach zero emissions' says minister

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Brazil 'needs $10bn to reach zero emissions' says minister

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Nasa chooses SpaceX to build Moon lander

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Nasa chooses SpaceX to build Moon lander

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Camera footage from wolf's collar reveals a very good boy

Have you ever wanted to watch a wolf hunt freshwater fish" Thanks to the Voyageurs Wolf Project from the University of Minnesota, you can see it on YouTube any time you like. The researchers with the project trapped V089, a lone wolf, sedated him, and then strapped on the Vectronic-Aerospace ...

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Camera footage from wolf's collar reveals a very good boy

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Simulations reveal how dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain binds to host, succumbs to antibodies

The dominant G-form spike protein 'puts its head up' more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more vulnerable to neutralization.

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Simulations reveal how dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain binds to host, succumbs to antibodies

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Scientists may detect signs of extraterrestrial life in the next 5 to 10 years

Research shows that a new telescope could detect a potential signature of life on other planets in as little as 60 hours.

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Scientists may detect signs of extraterrestrial life in the next 5 to 10 years

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Unconventional takes on pandemics and nuclear defense could protect humanity from catastrophic failure

From engineered pandemics to city-toppling cyber attacks to nuclear annihilation, life on Earth could radically change, and soon.

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Unconventional takes on pandemics and nuclear defense could protect humanity from catastrophic failure

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NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out

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NASA awards $2.9B to SpaceX for Starship lunar lander; Blue Origin team is left out

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SpaceX Wins NASA $2.9 Billion Contract to Build Moon Lander

Elon Musk's company bested Jeff Bezos? Blue Origin and others in the contest to carry American astronauts to the lunar surface.

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SpaceX Wins NASA $2.9 Billion Contract to Build Moon Lander

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"Godzilla" shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name

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"Godzilla" shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name

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Tarantula's ubiquity traced back to the cretaceous

Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people don't know is that tarantulas are homebodies. Females and their young rarely leave their burrows and only mature males will wander to seek out a mate. ...

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Tarantula's ubiquity traced back to the cretaceous

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On the pulse of pulsars and polar light

Faced with the tragic loss of the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico and the often prohibitive cost of satellite missions, astronomers are searching for savvy alternatives to continue answering fundamental questions in physics.

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On the pulse of pulsars and polar light

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COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight infection

Scientists have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help control viral infection can greatly assist researchers' understanding of factors that affect disease severity and also suggest possible therapeutic options. The genes ...

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COVID-19: Scientists identify human genes that fight infection

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Elon Musk's SpaceX will build NASA's lunar lander

Photo by Pauline Acalin for The Verge NASA picked Elon Musk's SpaceX to receive $2.9 billion to build a lunar lander as part of the Artemis mission to send humans to the Moon by 2024, the agency announced today. It's a major vote of confidence in SpaceX from NASA " as no other ...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX will build NASA's lunar lander

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A Pause on J&J, Preparation for Booster Shots, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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A Pause on J&J, Preparation for Booster Shots, and More News

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A Huge New Kroger Warehouse Is Staffed by 1,000 Grocery-Picking Robots

With the pandemic at long last starting to wind down, many of us are beyond eager to get back to 'the way things used to be,? that is, being able to interact with other humans, spending time in public places, and getting some measure of joy out of life. But some of our habits may [...]

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A Huge New Kroger Warehouse Is Staffed by 1,000 Grocery-Picking Robots

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Arecibo Observatory: Media Resources

Completed in 1963 and stewarded by U.S. National Science Foundation since the 1970s, Arecibo Observatory has contributed to many important scientific discoveries, including the demonstration of gravitational waves from a binary pulsar, the first discovery of an extrasolar planet, composition of the ...

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Arecibo Observatory: Media Resources

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Archaeologists Unearth a "Lost Golden City" in Egypt

The Luxor finding has been called "the second most important archaeological discovery" since King Tut's tomb.

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Archaeologists Unearth a "Lost Golden City" in Egypt

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How Many Tyrannosaurus Rexes Ever Lived on Earth? Here's a New Clue.

An estimation of the iconic predator's total population can teach us things about dinosaurs that fossils cannot.

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How Many Tyrannosaurus Rexes Ever Lived on Earth? Here's a New Clue.

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How to celebrate Earth Day 2021

Let's face it, it's been a long and hard year for the denizens of our planet since Earth Day's 50th anniversary in 2020. However, it's possible that things are looking up somewhat. Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging in many parts of the world, we do have vaccines that may ...

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How to celebrate Earth Day 2021

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What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep

Understanding how other animals dream could help us figure out why it's so important to the human brain, and why it may have been preserved throughout history.

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What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep

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Please keep Anish Kapoor away from the whitest white paint

Xiulin Ruan, one of the researchers who made the whitest white paint, holding up a sample. | Photo by Jared Pike / Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University say they have created the whitest paint on record. In fact, they've now crafted an ultra-white paint twice: in ...

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Please keep Anish Kapoor away from the whitest white paint

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Pausing the J&J Vaccine Was Easy. Unpausing Will Be Hard

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine was supposed to be the uncomplicated one. But even with new data, getting people to trust it again will be tricky.

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Pausing the J&J Vaccine Was Easy. Unpausing Will Be Hard

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How the Largest Animals That Could Ever Fly Supported Giraffe-Like Necks

These pterosaurs had wingspans as long as 33 feet, and scans of fossilized remains reveal a surprise in their anatomy.

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How the Largest Animals That Could Ever Fly Supported Giraffe-Like Necks

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Apple launches $200 million fund for climate change

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has created a $200 million fund to invest in forestry projects to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating financial returns for its investors, the company said Thursday. The Restore Fund will invest in forest properties ...

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Apple launches $200 million fund for climate change

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First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys

This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will combat dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening disease, and other mosquito-borne viruses'such as Zika? mainly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti ...

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First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys

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The Humble Shrub That's Predicting a Terrible Fire Season

Chamise may not look (or smell) like much, but it's actually a kind of crystal ball for understanding how badly California might burn.

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The Humble Shrub That's Predicting a Terrible Fire Season