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The national broadband rollout has a blind spot: Lack of accurate,...
Is your broadband internet service always up to speed when you need it?10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty imagesImagine purchasing “up to” a gallon of milk for US$4.50, or paying for “up to” a full...
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Viruses may be 'watching' you – some microbes lie in wait until their hosts...
Phages can sense bacterial DNA damage, which triggers them to replicate and jump ship.Design Cells/iStock via Getty Images PlusAfter more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture a...
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Humans evolved with their microbiomes – like genes, your gut microbes pass...
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine.nopparit/iStock via Getty Images PlusWhen the first humans moved out of Africa, they carried their gut microbes with them. Turns out,...
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ARPA-H: High-risk, high-reward health research is the mandate of new,...
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is meant to bring forward-thinking nimbleness to health innovation.Pixtum/iStock via Getty ImagesA new multibillion-dollar federal agency was created...
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Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on...
Small planes are easier to electrify, but larger ones aren't far behind.Chalabala/istock via Getty ImagesElectric planes might seem futuristic, but they aren’t that far off, at least for short...
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Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself –...
Astronomers think the most likely place to find life in the galaxy is on super-Earths, like Kepler-69c, seen in this artist's rendering.NASA Ames/JPL-CalTechAstronomers now routinely discover planets...
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Why does nature create patterns? A physicist explains the molecular-level...
Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections.Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children...
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Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial...
With deepfake audio, that familiar voice on the other end of the line might not even be human let alone the person you think it is.Knk Phl Prasan Kha Phibuly/EyeEm via Getty ImagesImagine the following...
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Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic...
Rovers on Mars frequently come across debris – like this heat shield and spring – from their own or other missions.NASA/JPL-CaltechCC BY-NDPeople have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50...
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NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted.NASA/JHUAPL/Steve GribbenOn Sept. 26, 2022, NASA plans to change an asteroid’s orbit. The large binary...
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COVID-19 can cause lasting lung damage – 3 ways long COVID patients'...
Lung disease can manifest in a number of ways.Mr. Suphachai Praserdumrongchai/iStock via Getty Images Plus“I just can’t do what I used to anymore.” As pulmonologists andcritical care doctors treating...
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US Senate ratifies treaty to phase down climate-warming HFCs from...
Air conditioners are one source of leaking HFCs.Bruce Yuanyue Bi/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Senate voted to ratify an international treaty on Sept. 21, 2022, and join 137 other countries...
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HIV therapies currently need to be taken regularly for life – longer-lasting...
Broadly neutralizing antibodies are able to recognize multiple strains of HIV at once.Naeblys/iStock via Getty Images PlusAntiretroviral therapy has had an enormous impact on treating HIV infections...
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Cooling conundrum: HFCs were the 'safer' replacement for another damaging...
Air conditioners are one source of leaking HFCs.Bruce Yuanyue Bi/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Senate voted to ratify an international treaty on Sept. 21, 2022, agreeing to phase out a class...
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Children's eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults' or more so – if...
Researchers know better ways to get accurate information from child witnesses.FatCamera/E+ via Getty ImagesEyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations such as...
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3 reasons Hurricane Ian poses a major flooding hazard for Florida – a...
Hurricane Ian gained strength as it headed over warm waters off Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022.NOAAHurricane Ian strengthened into a major hurricane on Tuesday as it headed for Florida and was on track to...
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The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the...
Same app, same app store, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesGoogle and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the...
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Two wrongs trying to make a right – makeup calls are common for MLB umpires,...
After a mistake, people may try to correct the error with an intentional wrong judgment, this time in favor of the previously wronged party. Ed Zurga/Getty Images Sport via Getty ImagesMajor League...
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NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of...
Didymos (bottom right) and its smaller moonlet Dimorphos (center) were the targets of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test.NASA/Johns Hopkins APLIn a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an...
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Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for...
Some areas wouldn't see immediate effects, and there could be serious consequences.Buda Mendes/Getty ImagesImagine a future where, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, parts of...
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