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Weather Forecasters Lose Crucial Hurricane Detection Microwave Satellite Data Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid intensification. But a main source of those data is being abruptly shut off
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Solar-Powered Slug Steals Chloroplasts and Stores Them for Emergency Food A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid for food in times of need
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How to Fight Bird Flu If It Becomes the Next Human Pandemic (Part 3)
Scientific American
Scientific American
How to Fight Bird Flu If It Becomes the Next Human Pandemic (Part 3) Creating a bird flu vaccine requires several layers of bioprotective clothing and typically a whole lot of eggs. H5N1 avian influenza infections have gone from flocks of chickens to herds of cattle and humans. Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research ...
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Meditation’s Benefits Stretch Beyond the Person Who Meditates Often framed as a boon for personal wellness, meditation helps us connect with and support others, too
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New Proof Dramatically Compresses Space Needed for Computation Surprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and time
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Could the Solar System Lose a Planet to a Passing Star? Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion
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Creating Bird Flu Vaccines for Humans at a Biosecure Laboratory This San Antonio, Tex., lab takes biosecurity seriously. Suit up with its scientists and go behind the scenes of the science of vaccine creation.
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Does Using ChatGPT Really Change Your Brain Activity? Scientists warn against reading too much into a small experiment about ChatGPT and brain activity that is receiving a lot of buzz
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BBC News
BBC News
Shoots of hope for Britain's cherished ash trees Scientific evidence suggests ash trees are ‘fighting back’ against a deadly disease.
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BBC News
BBC News
Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.
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BBC News
BBC News
World's oldest boomerang doesn't actually come back The 40,000-year-old boomerang was made with an astonishing level of skill and ingenuity, say scientists.
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Bird Flu’s Jump to Cattle Took Dairy Farmers by Surprise (Part 2)
Scientific American
Scientific American
Bird Flu’s Jump to Cattle Took Dairy Farmers by Surprise (Part 2) Dairy cattle have become an intermediary between avian influenza found in wild birds and the handful of recorded H5N1 bird flu cases in humans. Senior news reporter Meghan Bartels took a trip upstate to Cornell University’s Teaching Dairy Barn. Early ...
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BBC News
BBC News
River pollution suffocating the sea, campaigners say New reports are set to show pollution from farming and sewage is affecting protected areas of the sea.
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Your brain is glowing and scientists don't know why
Scientific American
Scientific American
Your brain is glowing and scientists don't know why Scientists just measured this glow from outside the skull for the first time—and it seems to change when you’re thinking or focusing on different tasks. We don’t yet know what this means, but it could change how we understand the ...
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How Bird Flu Went from an Isolated Avian Illness to a Human Pandemic Threat (Part...
Scientific American
Scientific American
How Bird Flu Went from an Isolated Avian Illness to a Human Pandemic Threat (Part... Bird flu outbreaks in poultry and cattle have caused concern for public health officials. There have been few reported cases of human transmission, but the growing risks of H5N1 avian influenza have virologists on alert.
Researchers at the St. Jude Center ...
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What No One Tells You about Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Scientific American
Scientific American
What No One Tells You about Testosterone Replacement Therapy Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is exploding in popularity among men. TRT has been touted online as a cure-all for everything from low energy to poor mood and even as a way to increase masculinity itself. But how much of the ...
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UK Research and Innovation
UKinCanada British High Commission Ottawa
UK Research and Innovation Find out what Chloë Somers, Director of UKRI North America, has to say about UK-Canada research collaboration and their ...
Commercialising Quantum Technologies with UK Research and Innovation (4 minutes)
Phillip White
Commercialising Quantum Technologies with UK Research and Innovation (4 minutes) Roger McKinlay, ISCF Director gives an update on the UK's Ten Year £1B National Quantum Technology Programme.

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