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Most of us probably breathe a sigh of relief when the captain promises "a smooth ride" to wherever we're flying. But, as DNews explains, turbulence is really no big deal.

Winds, currents and seafloor features may be responsible for keeping Antarctica's sea ice intact.

An oppressive heat wave in India led to a record temperature of 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit -- the highest ever in Asia.

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One in eight swimming pools in five populous states are closed upon inspection due to dirty and potentially dangerous water, the CDC reported this week. Continue reading ?

Picture the Amazon. You're thinking lush rainforests teeming with animals, right? It turns out, the Amazon Basin contains other less-famous ecosystems that have been under-studied by biologists for years, including patches of habitat growing on white sands. Scientists are starting to turn their attention to these "sand forests" and the animals that live there. In a new study, researchers examined birds from the region and found that unlike birds in the dense rainforest, the white sand birds travel from one habitat patch to another and interbreed. It's a characteristic that could change the way conservationists protect the sand forest birds.

The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research.

A new study from researchers at the University of Bath and Natural History Museum looking at the diversity of dinosaurs shows that they were not in decline at the time of their extinction by an asteroid hit 66 million years ago.

Killer whales are suspected to be behind the disappearance of great white sharks off Cape Town's coast over the last few years, according to a report published by South Africa's government on Tuesday.

Arianespace said Tuesday that wrong cabling was likely to blame for the failed launch of a rocket that was meant to lift two European satellites into orbit.

The fossil skeletons of two dinosaurs intertwined in what looks like a final death match have been donated to a North Carolina museum.

What makes PFAS chemicals extremely useful?and extremely hard to get rid of?are the bonds between carbon and fluorine atoms that are almost impossible to break.

The growth and accessibility of the internet has transformed the illegal wildlife trade.

This fall, we are excited to take the NOVA Science Studio to the national stage with a virtual launch of our program that will engage students across the country.

A four-year fuel blockade in the 1990s threatened the tiny country?s forests. Ever since, it?s been replanting its trees?a task that?s more complicated than expected.

OSIRIS-REx scooped up so much rock, dust, and debris from Bennu that its sampling container became jammed, causing asteroid bits to leak into outer space. Now, the mission team is reassessing its sample stowing plans.

Despite concerns that the surface of Bennu might be too rocky, the probe?s touchdown produced a dramatic shower of debris, opening the way for future insights into the mysteries of our solar system.

Radioactive elements produced by colliding neutron stars could make the difference between living and lifeless worlds

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Stanford neurobiologist Andrew Huberman discusses the two things we can always control, even during a high-stress election and scary COVID pandemic

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Testing positive for COVID antibodies is not a pass to date freely

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A big advance in synthetic biology

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A zero-carbon supplement to wind and solar

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Princeton’s Sam Wang had to eat his words (and a cricket) in 2016. He talks about the impacts of the pandemic and QAnon on public-opinion tallies in 2020

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The Duelling Dinosaurs are a fossil hunter's dream. After a decade-long saga, a museum has now purchased the specimen but that may do palaeontology more harm than good, says Riley Black

Astronomers may have seen a Jupiter-like planet begin to form while its host star is still growing, proving a long-held theory about planet formation

Early results suggest the Moderna vaccine is even more effective than the Pfizer vaccine, including in older people, boosting hopes that we might end up with several vaccines against covid-19

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The first source of fast radio bursts inside our galaxy is also producing much weaker signals, suggesting FRBs could be common throughout the universe

Heidi Larson at the Vaccine Confidence Project explains how we can tackle public hesitancy around the first covid-19 vaccines

Social ties to classmates and how students feel could be more important than innate ability when it comes to enduring early STEM courses.

?Docking confirmed,? the company founded by Elon Musk announced Monday night.

The crew will spend some 27 hours in a capsule built by the private company before docking with the space station Monday night.

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Officials vacuumed the country?s first nest of so-called murder hornets last month in Washington State. The invasive insects could multiply and kill native bee populations, endangering crops and ecosystems.

The discovery suggests that ?Principia? had a stronger impact on Enlightenment science than previous research suggested.

As engineers increasingly turn to machine learning methods to develop adaptable robots, new work makes progress on safety and performance guarantees for robots operating in novel environments with diverse types of obstacles and constraints.

Researchers, armed with artificial intelligence tools, can rate a movie's content in a matter of seconds, based on the movie script and before a single scene is shot.

Researchers enrolled 5,000 patients in a remote, cholesterol and blood pressure management program utilizing care navigators and pharmacists, supported by specialists and using specialist-designed algorithms to initiate and adjust medications. Participants who completed the cholesterol program achieved a 52 mg/dl (42%) reduction in LDL cholesterol levels. Participants who completed the blood pressure program saw an average systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduction compared to baseline of 14mmHg and 6mmHg, respectively.

A study has identified certain regions in the retina - the lining found in the back of the eye - that are more affected by Alzheimer's disease than other areas. The findings may help physicians predict changes in the brain as well as cognitive deterioration, even for patients experiencing the earliest signs of mild impairment.

Researchers have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential applications such as monitoring the temperature of processor chips in superconductor-based quantum computers, which must stay cold to work properly.

Researchers say that more epidemics resulting from animal hosts are inevitable unless urgent action is taken. To protect against future pandemics, they call for governments to establish effective legislation addressing wildlife trade, protection of habitats and reduction of interaction between people, wildlife and livestock.

(Wiley) A study published in Ecological Applications suggests that nature around one's home may help mitigate some of the negative mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) has announced that the 2021 Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Summit will now take place as a virtual event called CTO Connect. It will take place online February 20-21, 2021. The conference will feature live case transmissions performed by some of the world's leading operators along with real-time analysis from world-class faculty members. Live and on-demand sessions will also highlight engaging case-based discussions, challenging cases, and the latest technical developments and refinements in CTO PCI.

(Center for BrainHealth ) The Center for BrainHealth, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently hosted the first-ever virtual iteration of the annual Friends of BrainHealth Scientist Selection Luncheon, during which the scientists were awarded funds for their independently designed research studies.

(Purdue University) Purdue Research Foundation's Innovation Partners Institute (IPI) is joining forces with Wabash College, SBA Communications, Watch Communications, and the State of Indiana to bring wireless broadband connectivity to the Kankakee School Corporation in Jasper County, Indiana, by January 2021. The initiative will serve as a model for bringing high-speed internet access to rural areas across the country where one in four residents still lacks access according to the Pew Research Center.

(University of Southern California) Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, armed with artificial intelligence tools, can rate a movie's content in a matter of seconds, based on the movie script and before a single scene is shot.

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Despite additional costs, increased restrictions, and issues stemming from compliance directives, research recently published by Raffi E. Garcia, an assistant professor in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that government-mandated stress tests are effective in strengthening the overall health of the multi-trillion-dollar American banking industry.

The last living white giraffe on Earth has been equipped with a GPS tracker to help protect it from poachers. Situated in Kenya's Ishaqbini Hirola Com...

A man has been cleared of assaulting his ex-partner who had been allegedly possessed by 'demonic forces'. An unusual court case in Ireland ended recen...

The second ever manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft saw the new ISS crew blast into orbit. The launch, which marks only the second time...

Unsettling footage shows a mysterious, unidentified figure peering around a doorway in a woman's house. The video, which was originally posted up on R...

Egyptian authorities have revealed another significant discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo. The remarkable archaeological find, which c...

A number of older fighter jets will be fitted out with defensive laser weapons by the mid 2020s. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction mov...