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Remember When Japan Blasted an Asteroid? Here’s What We Learned
Kenneth Chang//36 views/1 comments
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft’s explosive encounter reveals that a space rock called Ryugu looks extremely young for its age. In April last year, a Japanese spacecra...
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When Coronavirus Closes Your Lab, Can Science Go On?
The New York Times//26 views
Plenty of work can be done from home, but the pandemic is forcing some parts of the scientific process to be put on the shelf. In recent weeks, coronavirus led ...
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The Search for E.T. Goes on Hold, for Now
Dennis Overbye//35 views
Out There A popular screen saver takes a break while its inventors try to digest data that may yet be hiding news of extraterrestrials. One of the great science...
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How ProMED Crowdsourced the Arrival of Covid-19 and SARS
Maryn McKenna//37 views
It was about 8:30 pm on December 30, and Marjorie Pollack, a physician and epidemiologist, was working in her home office in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Her email p...
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If Robots Steal So Many Jobs, Why Aren't They Saving Us Now?
Matt Simon//21 views
Modern capitalism has never seen anything quite like the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In a matter of months, the deadly contagious bug has spread around the w...
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Most Kids Only Get Mildly Sick From Covid-19—but Not All
Megan Molteni//42 views/1 comments
The kids are alright. Right? Well ... For months, as a new coronavirus has spread around the world—sickening nearly 370,000 people and killing more than 16,000...
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Amazon will help Seattle residents receive at-home COVID-19 testing
Nick Statt//22 views
Amazon will assist its hometown city of Seattle with at-home COVID-19 testing, according to a report from CNBC on Monday. The test kits are provided by the Seat...
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There’s no better time for cities to take space away from cars
Andrew J. Hawkins//26 views
The coronavirus pandemic presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for cities to remake their streets by taking space away from cars and giving it to pedestrian...
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New study aims to use health data from a smart ring to identify coronavirus symptoms
Jay Peters//35 views/2 comments
A new study will evaluate a smart ring that takes people’s temperatures in an attempt to identify people who have the new coronavirus early, the San Francisco C...
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Scientists are racing to find the best drugs to treat COVID-19
Nicole Wetsman//36 views/2 comments
Three months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s still unclear which drugs could combat the viral disease and which won’t — despite public figures like Pr...
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Newly approved novel coronavirus test gives results in 45 minutes
Nicole Wetsman//27 views/1 comments
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first rapid test for the novel coronavirus over the weekend. The test, made by the biotechnology company Cepheid, ...
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Scientists Identify 69 Drugs to Test Against the Coronavirus
Carl Zimmer//34 views
matter Two dozen of the medicines are already under investigation. Also on the list: chloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria. Nearly 70 drugs and experimental...
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Daniel S. Greenberg, Science Journalist and Iconoclast, Dies at 88
Cornelia Dean//31 views
He challenged peers who acted as “cheerleaders” for science, and influenced government science policy with a Washington-based newsletter. Daniel S. Greenberg, a...
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Geese May Not Inspire You, but They Certainly Take Your Mind Off the Virus
James Gorman, Natalie Keyssar//18 views
Watching birds that do not practice social distancing is a nice break from washing your hands and disinfecting friends. Gulls, ducks and brants, a type of goose...
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DIY Rockets, Daredevils, and the Tragedy of Mad Mike Hughes
Preston Lerner//34 views
“Mad Mike” Hughes died on February 22 when the parachutes on his homemade steam rocket failed to deploy and he augured into the sagebrush near Barstow, Californ...