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Lost Opportunity: After a 15-Year Odyssey, NASA's Trailblazing Mars Rover Approaches Its End
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:15:00 GMT
Although resuscitation attempts are still underway, officials are on the verge of announcing the death of the Red Planet’s longest-lived robotic explorer
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Be Kind to Extraterrestrials
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:00:00 GMT
We need to tread lightly if we encounter alien ecosystems
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Humpback Whale Calls Remain Constant over Decades
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:45:00 GMT
Whales in southeastern Alaska produce “shrieks,” “moans” and “squeegies” that persist over generations
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Astronomers Traverse the Globe to Shadow "Lucky Stars"
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:45:00 GMT
A surge in occultation science is allowing astronomers to study the sun’s asteroids, planets and moons like never before
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What Happens When You Read Science Writing by Women
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:45:00 GMT
Redressing an imbalance of attention reveals a dazzling variety of journalism
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Monster Magnetar Pinpointed as Trigger of Ultrabright Stellar Detonation
Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:45:00 GMT
New observations of a superluminous supernova could finally solve the mystery behind these and other bewildering cosmic events
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The Voices of Black Mathematicians
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:00:00 GMT
Black History Month in the U.S. is a good time to celebrate these important people
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NASA Spots Another Possible Impact Crater Buried Under Greenland Ice
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:00:00 GMT
The newfound crater candidate is thought to be unrelated to another that was discovered last year
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How Many Creationists Are There in America?
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:00:00 GMT
A new survey shows the number can vary considerably depending how you ask questions about evolution
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Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:00:00 GMT
Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Spectacular Fossil Bird Foot Preserved in Amber
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:00:00 GMT
A rare amber inclusion underscores the importance of carnivores to the fossil record
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Finally Over for Mars Rover
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:55:00 GMT
The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.
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Violent Drug Cartels Stifle Mexican Science
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:00:00 GMT
Abandoned projects and delayed research have become common problems as security issues crop up across the country
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Salt Doesn't Melt Ice—Here's How It Makes Winter Streets Safer
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:15:00 GMT
There’s a good reason to salt the roads before snow starts falling
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Mount Saint Helens Volcano Detectives: Activate!
Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:00:00 GMT
If there's only one book on volcanology I'd ask you to get for young kids, this is the one
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Is This the Footprint of One of the Last Neandertals?
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:00:00 GMT
The fossilized print, found in Gibraltar, is said to date to 28,000 years ago, which might mean it belonged to a Neandertal. But not everyone agrees with that interpretation
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Europe's Next Big-Budget Science Projects: 6 Teams Proceed to Final Round
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:00:00 GMT
AI enhancement and a virtual time machine are included in the short list of pitches
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Wolves and Wolverines: A Complicated Relationship
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:00:00 GMT
The larger mammal will prey on the smaller, but wolverines prefer areas occupied by wolves over areas that aren’t
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Why Do the Northern and Southern Lights Differ?
Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:00:00 GMT
Scientists have discovered the culprit: how the sun squeezes Earth’s magnetic tail
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Ancient Earth's Weakened Magnetic Field May Have Driven Mass Extinction
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:00:00 GMT
When our planet’s magnetosphere nearly disappeared 565 million years ago, it may have almost taken all life with it
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Artificial "Dumbness" May Be a Solution for Engineering Smart Machines
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:15:00 GMT
Design principles derived from observing fruit flies may lead to better self-driving cars and improved Parkinson’s treatment
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On the Origin of Darwin
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:50:00 GMT
On this 210th anniversary of Darwin's birth we hear evolution writer and historian Richard Milner perform a brief monologue as Charles Darwin, and former Scientific American editor in chief John...
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Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 01:24:00 GMT
Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight.
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Venezuela Is Unraveling—So Is Its Science
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:00:00 GMT
Research has ground to a halt, and many scientists have left the country out of desperation
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Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite Too
Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:30:00 GMT
When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports.
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