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This Nasty Medieval Remedy Kills MRSA
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8 years ago
An ancient brew could lead to modern-day drugs to fight the superbug Why would scientists revive a thousand-year-old medical recipe for a foul-smelling concoction? They suspected it could...
March for Science: Rallies worldwide to protest against political interference
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Thousands of scientists have taken part in demonstrations around the world in protest against what they see as a global political assault on facts. The first-ever March for Science, which was...
US Navy redesigning its submarines to accommodate women
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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, Lt j.g. Marquette Leveque, left, and Lt. j.g. Kyle McFadden, both of the USS Wyoming, receive their pins to indicate that...
FEDOR Is a Gunslinging Robot That’s Just a Skin Suit Away From Westworld
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Author Dom Galeon Russia's FEDOR humanoid robot can now shoot guns, leading critics of artificial intelligence to express concerns over the potential danger it poses. The Russian government,...
This is what the earliest ancestor of birds and dinosaurs looked like
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8 years ago
Original article by Angela Chen - The Verge ------------------------------------- Teleocrater roamed the Earth before dinosaurs appeared The new species Teleocrater rhadinus...
A Genetic Oddity May Give Octopuses and Squids Their Smarts
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Original article by Steph Yin - Trilobites (NYT) ------------------------------------- A California two-spot octopus. Scientists say coleoid cephalopods, a group encompassing...
Self-driving cars will only work when we accept autonomy is a myth
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8 years ago
Jack Stilgoe The ability of autonomous vehicles to navigate our cities is impressive. But their potential will only be realised when these cars are interdependent T he crash of an...
After Badger Buries Entire Cow Carcass, Scientists Go to the Tape
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Original article by Nicholas Bakalar - NYT Science ------------------------------------- A badger captured on a trap camera after it buried a cow carcass. Credit Biodiversity and...
Badly Misinformed Lawmaker Thinks Our ‘Warm Bodies’ May Be Causing Climate Change
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Spoiler alert: Republican Scott Wagner is very wrong. By Michael McLaughlin Scott Wagner State Sen. Scott Wagner may need a refresher science class. A Republican...
I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations
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8 years ago
Victoria Herrmann These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average ‘In the waning days of 2016 we were warned:...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to boost the brain to keep up with AI
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Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has a new company — yes, another one — focused on developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation. Neuralink, the new venture, officially...
The debate over Pluto will never die. Here’s the latest argument for why it’s a planet.
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Original article by Brian Resnick - Vox ------------------------------------- Scientists’ new definition of “planet” includes Pluto — and at least a 100 other objects in the solar...
Steve Mnuchin has been compromised (by robots)
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Not to downplay the apparently imminent existential threat of global trade, but this time the call is coming from inside the house. Well, not the House, but the cabinet, where Treasury Secretary...
An Unexpected New Lung Function Has Been Found - They Make Blood
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Researchers have discovered that the lungs play a far more complex role in mammalian bodies than we thought, with new evidence revealing that they don't just facilitate respiration - they...
Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living
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SILICON VALLEY IS coming for death. But it’s looking in the wrong place. After disrupting the way we love, communicate, travel, work, and even eat, technologists believe they can solve the...
Fentanyl Crisis: Columbus, Ohio Has One Fatal Overdose Per Day
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8 years ago
by Corky Siemaszko The drug that killed Prince is slaying people at a rate of nearly one a day in Ohio's capital city. Fentanyl has already figured in 55 fatal drug overdoses in...
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