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Are people with pets less likely to die if they catch the coronavirus?
Even in quarantine, people around the world have to walk their dogs.AP Photo/Mindaugas KulbisCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
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Scientists at work: Uncovering the mystery of when and where sharks give birth
Using new technology to answer questions about shark reproduction.Tanya HouppermansIf you have a toddler, or if you encountered one in the last year, you’ve almost certainly experienced the “Baby...
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Scientist at work: Trapping urban coyotes to see if they can be 'hazed' away...
A sedated coyote about to be released with a tracking collar in greater Los Angeles.Niamh Quinn, CC BY-SAAfter weeks of sleepless nights spent scrutinizing grainy images relayed from our remote...
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What does 'survival of the fittest' mean in the coronavirus pandemic? Look to...
What would Darwin consider the best adaptation to protect against the coronavirus?rolbosCharles Darwin popularized the concept of survival of the fittest as a mechanism underlying the natural selection...
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Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous...
For centuries, indigenous history has been largely told through a European lens.John White, circa 1585-1593, © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SAColumbus famously reached the Americas in...
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How could an explosive Big Bang be the birth of our universe?
No one knows what kicked off the Big Bang that eventually allowed the stars to begin forming.Adolf Schaller for STScI, CC BYCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question...
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How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to...
Apps that warn about close contact with COVID-19 cases are key to relaxing social distancing rules.Walter Bibikow/Stone via Getty ImagesOn April 10, Apple and Google announced a coronavirus exposure...
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Infected with the coronavirus but not showing symptoms? A physician answers 5...
Even if you're feeling fine, you might be infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.John Lamparski/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty ImagesBlood tests that check for exposure to the...
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We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the coronavirus: Results...
Testing in cells is an important and exciting first step.elkor/E+ via Getty ImagesThe more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the...
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Spring signals female bees to lay the next generation of pollinators
Northern amber bumble bee queen (_Bombus borealis_) on a dandelion flower.Sarah A. Johnson, CC BY-NDThe first days of spring – brighter and warmer – are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up...
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The 'first scientist's' 800-year-old tonic for what ails us: The truth
English scientist Roger Bacon believed everyone has a responsibility to think for themselves. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé, CC BYIt seems that science has been taking a beating lately. From...
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Will we ever be able to shrink and grow stuff?
It would be fun to be able to shrink people and objects, but it's something we can only imagine.Jasmin Merdan/Moment via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a...
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How people react to the threat of disease could mean COVID-19 is reshaping...
Your body wants you to freak out about germs so you avoid them.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty ImagesThe effects of the coronavirus pandemic will be “imprinted on the personality of our nation for a...
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Exercise may help reduce risk of deadly COVID-19 complication: ARDS
Exercise has many benefits, including boosting defenses against complications that occur during SARS-CoV-2 infections. Julien McRoberts / Getty ImagesScientists are constantly revealing newly...
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Your genes could determine whether the coronavirus puts you in the hospital –...
The relationship between the coronavirus and human genetics is murky. fatido/E+ via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaWhen some people become...
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How does a baby 'breathe' while inside its mom?
Her deep breath has to get to the baby.electravk/Moment via Getty Images“Mothering” is synonymous with “nurturing,” probably because moms start providing for their kids even before they’re born. A...
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Coronavirus tests are pretty accurate, but far from perfect
Rapid blood tests for coronavirus could fill a large gap in knowledge. Taechit Taechamanodom/Moment via Getty ImagesWidespread testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus is important to both slow the virus and...
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Remdesivir explained – what makes this drug work against viruses?
Remdesivir is an experimental medicine that is showing promise in clinical trials for COVID-19. Photo by ULRIC PERREY/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesWith the FDA approving Gilead’s Remdesivir as an emergency...
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Why do kids call their parents 'Mom' and 'Dad'?
Every known culture on Earth has special words for kids to call their parents.XiXinXing via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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Maybe coronavirus's aggressiveness could be changed by adding or subtracting...
A member of the coronavirus family that infects chickens.CDC/ Dr. Fred Murphy; Sylvia WhitfieldScientists have been tracking changes to the genetic makeup of the new coronavirus to better understand...
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