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Amazing New Brain Map of Every Synapse Points to the Roots of Thinking

Imagine a map of every single star in an entire galaxy. A map so detailed that it lays out what each star looks like, what they're made of, and how each star is connected to another through the grand physical laws of the cosmos. While we don't yet have such an astronomical map of the […]

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Amazing New Brain Map of Every Synapse Points to the Roots of Thinking

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AI Can Help Create a Better World?If We Build it Right

Society is rife with fears about the future of AI. For some, like Richard Branson and Ray Dalio, it's AI's exacerbation of the wealth gap and the looming social crisis it could bring about. For others, it's privacy implications or sci-fi visions of robot overlords. My worry for AI, however, is that we ...

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AI Can Help Create a Better World?If We Build it Right

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A Student Took Down One of Quantum Computing’s Top Applications"Now What"

The possibility that quantum computing could turbocharge machine learning is one of the most tantalizing applications for the emerging technology. But an 18-year-old student just put that vision in doubt after finding a classical solution to one of its most promising real-world applications. One of the ...

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A Student Took Down One of Quantum Computing’s Top Applications"Now What"

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Orca whale that carried her dead calf at least 17 days lets it go, ending 'tour of grief'

An orca whale that carried her dead calf more than two weeks has let go of the body, ending her "tour of grief," researchers said. The female killer whale was first spotted on July 24 pushing the corpse of her offspring that had died 30 minutes after birth, according to the Center for Whale Research ...

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Orca whale that carried her dead calf at least 17 days lets it go, ending 'tour of grief'

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Hippo Kills Tourist Who Was Taking Photos by a Lake in Kenya

A Chinese tourist was attacked and killed by a hippo while taking pictures on the edge of Lake Naivasha

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Hippo Kills Tourist Who Was Taking Photos by a Lake in Kenya

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Harsh Treatment of Immigrant Children at Virginia Detention Center Was Not Abuse, Investigators Say

The facility uses restraint techniques, including strapping children to chairs

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Harsh Treatment of Immigrant Children at Virginia Detention Center Was Not Abuse, Investigators Say

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Al Gore Says President Trump Not Yet as Damaging to Environment as He Feared

The Trump administration has made dangerous environmental policy changes, but the damage has been less than expected, Al Gore said

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Al Gore Says President Trump Not Yet as Damaging to Environment as He Feared

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A look inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon

CNBC's Morgan Brennan gives an inside look into SpaceX's Crew Dragon, the capsule NASA Commercial Crew astronauts will be taking into space.

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A look inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon

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Alaska's North Slope Hit by Strongest Quake Ever Recorded in the Region

Alaska's North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state's seismologist said

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Alaska's North Slope Hit by Strongest Quake Ever Recorded in the Region

Science Daily

Snake fungal disease alters skin microbiome in eastern Massasaugas

In the first study of its kind, researchers characterized the skin microbiome of a population of free-ranging snakes to begin to understand how the animals' environmental microbial community may promote disease resistance as well as how it may be disrupted by infection.

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Snake fungal disease alters skin microbiome in eastern Massasaugas

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Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity

A team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years ago, the most opaque place in the universe contained relatively little matter.

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Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity

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Origins and spread of Eurasian fruits traced to the ancient Silk Road

Studies of ancient plant remains from a medieval archaeological site in the Pamir Mountains of Uzbekistan have shown that fruits, such as apples, peaches, apricots, and melons, were cultivated in the foothills of Inner Asia. The archaeobotanical study is among the first systematic analyses of medieval ...

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Origins and spread of Eurasian fruits traced to the ancient Silk Road

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Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson's

An aquarium fish that senses the Earth's magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases such as Parkinson's and other neurological disorders function. Scientists have discovered a navigational gene in glass catfish called the electromagnetic-perceptive gene, or ...

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Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson's

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Unraveling the nature of 'whistlers' from space in the lab

Scientists have presented research on a curious cosmic phenomenon known as 'whistlers' -- very low frequency packets of radio waves that race along magnetic field lines. The study provides new insights into the nature of whistlers and space plasmas and could one day aid in the development of practical ...

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Unraveling the nature of 'whistlers' from space in the lab

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Medicaid expansion states see rise in coverage for low income adults with substance use disorders

The percentage of low-income Americans with substance use disorders who were uninsured declined more sharply in states that chose to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act versus states that did not, according to a new study.

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Medicaid expansion states see rise in coverage for low income adults with substance use disorders

New York Times Science

Fierce and Unpredictable: How Wildfires Became Infernos

A division of the U.S. Forest Service is studying fire behavior as the blazes in the West become hotter and spread faster than ever before.

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New York Times Science

Fierce and Unpredictable: How Wildfires Became Infernos

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Matter: The ‘Zombie Gene’ That May Protect Elephants From Cancer

With such enormous bodies, elephants should be particularly prone to tumors. But an ancient gene in their DNA, somehow resurrected, seems to shield the animals.

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New York Times Science

Matter: The ‘Zombie Gene’ That May Protect Elephants From Cancer

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A Conversation With: Maria Konnikova Shows Her Cards

The well-regarded science writer took up poker while researching a book. Now she’s on the professional circuit.

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New York Times Science

A Conversation With: Maria Konnikova Shows Her Cards

New York Times Science

Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to ‘Touch the Sun’

The spacecraft, which NASA says will “touch the sun,” was carried from the launchpad atop three columns of flame early on Sunday morning.

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New York Times Science

Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to ‘Touch the Sun’

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun.

Eugene N. Parker predicted the existence of solar wind in 1958. The NASA spacecraft is the first named for a living person.

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New York Times Science

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun.

National Science Foundation

Diving robots find Antarctic seas exhale surprising amounts of carbon dioxide in winter

The open water nearest the sea ice surrounding Antarctica releases significantly more carbon dioxide in winter than previously believed, a new study has found. Researchers conducting the study used data gathered over several winters by an array of robotic floats diving and drifting in the Southern Ocean ...

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Diving robots find Antarctic seas exhale surprising amounts of carbon dioxide in winter