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Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service and the World Meteorological Organization said on…
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A pair of “alien mummies” that mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru’s capital last October have entirely Earthly origins, according to a scientific analysis revealed on Friday. The two small specimens were described as humanoid…
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Around 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves have significantly shrunk over the last 25 years, scientists said on Thursday, in findings the European Space Agency said were “alarming.” The melting saw 71 of Antarctica’s 162 ice shelves…
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Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an…
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The 2019 release of the first image of a black hole was hailed as a significant scientific achievement. But truth be told, it was a bit blurry — or, as one astrophysicist involved in the effort called it, a “fuzzy orange donut.”…
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Waves of cerebrospinal fluid which normally wash over brains during sleep can be made to pulse in the brains of people who are wide awake, a new study finds. The clear fluid may flush out harmful waste, such as the sticky proteins that…
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Scientists from the Russian city of Irkutsk in eastern Siberia have invented a lightning detector. This invention will enable scientists to locate forest fires that occurred due to thunderstorms. Researchers at the Russian “Irkutsk”…
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For the first time, scientists have recorded brain waves from freely moving octopuses. The data reveal some unexpected patterns, though it’s too early to know how octopus brains control the animals’ behavior, researchers report February 23…
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For the first time, scientists have created baby mice from two males. This raises the distant possibility of using the same technique for people – although experts caution that very few mouse embryos developed into live mouse pups and no…
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Some time ago, Sweden had an army formed by conscripts. Before enrolling in the army, Swedish recruits had to pass mathematical IQ tests. Thus, the data of 59,387 men in the 70s and 80s of the last century appeared in the hands of…
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