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Buffalo, New York Shakes With Largest Earthquake in Four Decades
The earthquake was widely felt, but no major damage was reported.
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Scientists Want to Bring Dodo Bird Back From Extinction
A company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors.
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Scientists Move ‘Doomsday Clock' Closer to Midnight, Citing Threats From War, Pandemics, Climate
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says the world is closer to Armageddon than it has ever been.
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Fossil-Hunting as a Family: 9-Year-Old Maryland Girl Finds Giant Megalodon Tooth on Christmas Day
A 9-year-old made a jaw-dropping discovery at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Maryland.
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Fossil-Hunting as a Family: 9-Year-Old Maryland Girl Finds Giant Megalodon Tooth on Christmas Day
Nine-year-old Molly Sampson added something new to her collection of over 400 fossils on Christmas Day: a five-inch, 15-million-year-old megalodon tooth.
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Scientists Seek to Use Pig Livers to Ease Organ Shortage
Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a quest to ease the nation’s organ shortage.
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Scientists Discover What Allows Glass Frogs to Become Transparent
A species of glass frogs found in South and Central America has the rare ability to turn on and off its transparent appearance.
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This Is Why People Are Super Excited About the Major Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion
The significant advance in technology has been decades in the making.
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Rare Charles Darwin Signed Manuscript Set to Break Record at Auction
Manuscripts and documents from Darwin, who was the first to theorize evolution, are considered rarities because Darwin was known to revise many of his writings and often times threw out or reused outdated writings as scraps.
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The World is Running Out of Helium, Worrying Doctors
Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work.
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Rats' Behavior Changed After Human Tissue Was Inserted Into Their Brains, Research Finds
Seven years ago, researchers at Stanford University started an ambitious experiment: They began growing miniature, simplified versions of the human brain from stem cells inside a lab, then later injected that tissue into the brains of newborn rats.
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Nobel Prize for Medicine Given to Swedish Scientist
The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been given to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo
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Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Swedish Scientist for Research on Evolution
The discoveries of Swedish scientist Svante Pääboo on human evolution provided key insights into our immune system and what makes us unique compared with our extinct cousins, the award’s panel said.
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Meet Dr. Dawn Wright, the First Black Person to go to the Deepest-Known Part of the of Earth
Dr. Dawn Wright made history as the first Black person to go to Challenger Deep, the deepest-known part of the seabed of Earth. Her dive took four hours and was about 10,919 meters below the surface, which is almost seven miles. Wright joins LX to share her experience and the inspiration behind the dive.
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The Science Behind Finding Your Soul Mate
Do you believe in soul mates? There is a new book out about the science behind why certain people click and form deep, forever bonds.
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Fuel Leak Forces NASA's Moon Rocket Launch to Be Scrubbed Again
A fuel leak forces NASA’s moon rocket launch to be scrubbed for the second time
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Body Position Makes ‘Tremendous Impact' in How Fast Medicine Kicks In, Study Finds
Whether someone is sitting, standing or lying on their side when swallowing pills can make a major difference in the amount of time it takes for the medicine to start working, Maryland scientists say. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that there is actually a science to posture and taking medication. “It really kind of…
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The Tech Powering NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission
The NASA Artemis I mission will send a crew capsule all the way to the moon and back, drop off satellites, and help set up future missions. And the mission will showcase NASA’s newest and strongest rocket, SLS.
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China Plans to Make It Rain Using Cloud Seeding. What Is That?
China plans to use a method called “cloud seeding” to increase rain in areas affected by a record-setting drought.
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Do Spiders Sleep? A New Study Suggests They May Snooze Like Us
During observation, the spiders’ overnight movements looked a lot like REM in other species — like dogs or cats twitching in their sleep. And they happened in regular cycles, similar to sleep patterns in humans.