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Scientists have combined light-harvesting semiconductors with a catalytic...
Credit: KELSEY K. SAKIMOTOIn nature, plants use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into chemicals and energy. But this process is actually not very efficient because chlorophyll, the pigment that...
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A science writer reflects on the wonders of the August 21 eclipse and looks...
Credit: Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesA few months ago when I began reporting about the August 21 eclipse, Rick Fienberg, an astronomer with the American Astronomical Society, said...
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An indirect neural pathway communicates the sensation of itchiness to the...
Credit: Maria Fuchs/Getty ImagesMosquitoes, poison ivy, dry skin, wool sweaters. You know the feeling. Yet despite being one of the most common sensations of the human body, the physiological...
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Wildfires caused by the Chicxulub impact propelled soot high into the...
Credit: Stocktrek Images via Getty ImagesMost schoolchildren learn the dinosaurs died out when an asteroid hit the earth. Fortunately, schoolchildren are spared the gory details. Scientists now...
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Warmer oceans mean fish require more oxygen, but their gills are not growing...
Credit: Wikimedia CommonsFishermen over the past several years have noted that fish appear to be shrinking. That observation was validated in 2014 by research that found commercially important fish...
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Decades of military rule made Myanmar one of the world’s most isolated...
Credit: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)Gasps echo across the hall as the Myanmar school kids trial virtual reality goggles, marveling at a device that allows some of Asia's poorest people to walk on the...
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The obstacle to transitioning away from fossil fuels is more a matter of...
Credit: Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty ImagesThe world could almost completely convert to renewable electric power in time to head off the worst effects of climate change, according to a new...
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Musk, the founder and CEO of the company, posted a photo of the suit on...
Credit: Elon Musk/InstagramCEO Elon Musk posted a picture on Instagram today showing an artist's impression of a white-suited astronaut seatbelted into a spacecraft, next to a window showing stars....
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New analysis of the Martian atmosphere shows a water cycle much more dynamic...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSSnow might be falling fast and furious on Mars, and the squalls only happen in the nighttime over certain regions of the Red Planet, according to new computer simulations...
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Researchers have created an environment for experimenting on animals that...
Credit: IMP/IMBA Graphics Department, https://strawlab.org/freemovrDevotees of the late, great sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation will remember the holodeck, a space-age virtual reality...
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New research helps to explain how horses evolved to become the only living...
Credit: PixabayBrianna McHorse is a Harvard doctoral student who has always been interested in the animal mentioned in her family’s surname. “I’m fascinated by the incredible athletic performance of...
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Whiskey enthusiasts also often add a few drops of water before drinking it,...
Credit: alexkich/ShutterstockWhiskey connoisseurs have long thought that mixing a few drops of water with the drink could enhance its flavor. Now, a new study reveals a scientific explanation for why...
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In the image, captured by the Cassini spacecraft, Tethys is lit up by...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteSaturn's icy moon Tethys hovers above the planet's iconic rings in a breathtaking photo by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Though NASA released the image...
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The only disease mentioned in the Bible behaves like immunity disorders...
Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesDoctors have long wondered how a bacterial infection caused leprosy, one of the few deadly diseases mentioned in the Bible. “Leprosy is a very weird infection...
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The Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Nicaea was thought to have invented...
Credit: University of New South Wales/Andrew KellyPlimpton 322, a 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet, was shrouded in mystery after it surfaced in the early 1900s. Scavengers likely found the...
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Signs of the disease that afflicted the bombastic athlete and activist in his...
Credit: Keystone-France/Getty ImagesAs his career ended, boxing great Muhammad Ali knew his light was fading. “They say I have brain damage, can’t talk no more,” he told the New York Times in 1981....
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The gut ecosystems of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania vary seasonally with their...
Credit: A_PeachThe Hadza are a small group of hunter-gatherers inhabiting Tanzania’s Rift Valley. While they number just over 1000, fewer than 200 adhere to a traditional lifestyle that includes a...
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President Michel Temer issued a decree Wednesday eliminating protections in...
Credit: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesWhen most of the world talks about the riches of the Amazon they mean the unique rainforest and so-called lungs of the planet. But Brazilian President Michel Temer has...
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While the Hermit Kingdom says that the rocket engine is intended to launch...
Credit: North Korea's Sohae Launch Pad. Credit: DigitalGlobe/Getty ImagesOnce again, North Korea has tested technology that could help get satellites or long-range missiles off the ground.North Korean...
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The same words spoken by the same person can have completely different...
Credit: Coneyl Jay/Getty ImagesConsider, for a moment, the comic genius of Mel Blanc, the renowned “man of a thousand voices” who played Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Porky Pig, and every...
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