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George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
They also suggest the existence of "cryptos": Jokers and Aces with mutations that are largely…
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Fast radio burst in long-dead galaxy puzzles astronomers
A surprising source FRBs are of particular interest because they can be used as probes…
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How to get a perfect salt ring deposit in your pasta pot
Deposit morphologies for a settling particle. When increasing either the injection volume or the settling…
Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers
A shoreline transformed? The huge area covered by these mounds gives a sense of just…
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Robotic hand helps pianists overcome “ceiling effect”
Fast and complex multi-finger movements generated by the hand exoskeleton. Credit: Shinichi Furuya Fast and…
Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
“When we used the flow fiber photometry method to look into the brains of mice,…
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Peeing is contagious among chimps
Those results supported the initial hypothesis that chimps tended to urinate in sync rather than…
Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth
Nitrospirota is an archaeal phylum that’s particularly common in the terrestrial subsurface. Some species of…
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Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers…
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A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance
The iodine turned out to be a critical component. While the exchange of electrons with…