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Sclera staining involves injecting ink into the whites of the eye, which the...
Credit: American Academy of OphthalmologyIn a series of videos and images, Canadian Catt Gallinger has issued what amounts to a DIY, public service message on the danger of eyeball tattoos. For...
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Forest fires in Indonesia, a hotter Africa, and a warmer, drier Amazon...
Credit: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty ImagesThe recent Pacific Ocean hot streak known as El Niño led to a surge in carbon dioxide emissions from natural sources across the tropics, contributing to record...
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When soldiers are allowed to build rapport with artificially intelligent...
Credit: USC Institute for Creative TechnologiesAfter almost 17 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States is in the midst of the longest war in its history — with no end in sight. The human...
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The approach could eventually cut by 90 percent the cost of producing an...
Credit: David Silverman/Getty ImagesJapanese researchers have found a novel way to dramatically slash the cost of manufacturing a pricey drug used to treat cancer and hepatitis: by genetically...
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The psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT decreased proteins associated with...
Credit: Molekuul/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe proteins in our brain associated with learning and memory function can be increased, while the proteins associated with inflammation and...
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New research finds that the nature of baby-directed speech is different than...
Credit: Jerome Tisne via Getty ImagesListening to baby talk can be annoying for adults, but it plays an important role in learning and understanding language structure for infants. Princeton...
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Neutron stars colliding 130 million years ago produced gravitational...
Credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesScientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Collaboration announced another detection of gravitational...
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Boston-based Freight Farms has developed what it calls the Leafy Green...
Credit: Freight FarmsVertical and hydroponic farming has gained popularity in recent years. And with the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather events on the rise, innovative techniques offer...
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The method, which can grow tens of millions of active neurons in just a...
Credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty ImagesOne of the fastest and most effective ways to find new treatments for diseases like cancer is a technique called high-throughput screening. You start with a large...
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Israeli archaeologists believe the structure, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd...
Credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty ImagesIsraeli archaeologists in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday unveiled a newly unearthed section of the Western Wall and the first Roman public structure ever...
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The orbits and downward tilt of objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune...
Credit: Tom Ruen/nagualdesign/ESOPlanet Nine is out there, and astronomers are determined to find it, according to a new statement from NASA. In fact, mounting evidence suggests it's hard to imagine...
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It will take decades to sift through the reams of data from Cassini’s 13-year...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteWhile the Cassini spacecraft is dead — engineers deliberately plunged it into Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15, ending its 13-year mission around the...
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Gravitational waves and visible light were detected for the first time from...
Credit: NASA/CXC/E. TrojaFor the first time, scientists have seen the source of gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars, and the space oddity doesn't stop there. Those neutron stars might...
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A new study shows that people unconsciously engage in counterfactual thinking...
Credit: PortraIf you witnessed a car crash, how would you decide who’s to blame? Chances are, you’d imagine an alternative scenario in which one car’s path was different and the collision was avoided....
View ArticleThe brains of cetaceans and primates share features that are rarely found...
No one has ever been able to fully measure the intelligence of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, but evidence continues to mount that it is impressive. Consider Kelly, a dolphin formerly housed at the...
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Floating wind farms have the capacity to produce vast amounts of clean...
Credit: Oyvind Gravas/ Woldcam-Statoil ASAThe world’s first floating wind farm launched off the coast of Scotland on Wednesday, marking the dawn of a new form of clean energy. Floating wind farms...
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By mimicking the nanostructures of black-colored butterfly wings, researchers...
Credit: Radwanul Hasan Siddique, KIT/CaltechA microscopic pattern on the wings of a butterfly has shown scientists how to capture more of the sun’s energy in solar cells. The scales of the...
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Volcanic eruptions around the world may have interrupted agricultural...
Credit: Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesIt's a mystery that's perplexed Egypt scholars for hundreds of years: What ultimately caused the collapse of the 300-year Ptolemaic dynasty and...
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A study suggests that past temperatures on Mars could have sometimes peaked...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State UniversityThe wet past of Mars may have unfolded in short bursts. Even though climate models suggest that the Red Planet’s temperatures mostly remained below...
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Entomologists have long suspected that insects have been decreasing in number...
Credit: Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty ImagesInsects have been one of the most plentiful and successful life forms on the planet. According to the Entomological Society of America, they are the...
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