Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about daylight saving time (often misspelled as "savings"), including times, dates, its history and more.
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Sabtu, 31 Oktober 2020
Hubble telescope spots a 'Greater Pumpkin' in space for Halloween
As families tuck into their couches to watch Charlie Brown's quest for the great pumpkin this Halloween, they may be surprised to hear that NASA has already discovered a "greater pumpkin."
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Why did Rome fall?
Depends on which Rome you're asking about.
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A rare Halloween 'blue moon' will shine on trick-or-treaters tonight
If anyone's trying to wake some dark spirits, tonight's the night. A "blue moon" and "beaver moon" will rise over All Hallow's Eve.
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Jumat, 30 Oktober 2020
COVID-19 household transmission is way higher than we thought
More than half of people living the same household as a COVID-19 case also became infected.
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Coral 'tower' taller than the Empire State Building discovered off Australian coast
Scientists have discovered a free-standing reef near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which stands taller than the Empire State Building.
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Powerful earthquake strikes off Turkey's coast, killing at least 14
The earthquake caused the collapse of nearly 20 buildings in the city of Izmir. Search and rescue efforts are underway beneath the rubble.
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Why black holes are the scariest things in the universe
Here's why black holes are the scariest objects in the universe.
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NASA asteroid probe stows space-rock sample for return to Earth
OSIRIS-REx finished stowing the bits of the asteroid Bennu that it snagged last week, successfully locking the material into the spacecraft's return capsule
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Will our solar system survive the death of our sun?
Our sun's death is a long way off — about 4.5 billion years, give or take — but someday it's going to happen, and what then for our solar system?
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Gravitational-wave treasure trove reveals dozens of black hole crashes
Scientists can now catch gravitational waves better than ever before.
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Why Americans are so enamored with election polls
While it is possible the polls will misfire, it’s exceedingly unlikely that such failure would cause the opinion research industry to implode or wither away.
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Elusive squid seen alive in natural habitat for first time (VIDEO)
The tiny ram's horn squid was found more than 2,700 feet underwater.
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Kamis, 29 Oktober 2020
Rare full moon on Halloween will be seen across the US for the first time in 76 years
Don't miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn't been seen across the US since 1944.
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Man almost dies from an allergic reaction to cold air
The condition, known as cold urticaria, is fairly rare and can cause anaphylaxis.
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Look Ma, no ears! Teensy spiders hear with organ on their legs
Though known for their huge eyes, ogre-faced spiders also "listen" for their prey.
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Racist physicist sneers at Einstein and Jews in a 1927 anti-Semitic letter up for auction
An anti-Semitic letter penned in 1927 by a German physicist shows racist views toward Albert Einstein and Jews in academia.
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An Earth-size planet is careening untethered through the galaxy, scientists find
'Rogue' planets are worlds without suns. Astronomers have discovered one the size of Earth for the first time ever.
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Building blocks of language evolved before humans split from chimps and monkeys
The ability to understand how groups of words relate to each other is foundational to language, and dates to an ancestor we shared with primate relatives at least 40 million years ago.
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What happens at the center of a black hole?
At the center of a black hole, matter is compressed down to an infinitely tiny point, and all conceptions of time and space completely break down.
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This failed planet is slowly rusting in space
Roughly two to three times Earth's distance from the sun, in the Asteroid Belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, 16 Psyche makes its home.
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Monster bird fossils unearthed in Antarctica
Birds with wingspans nearly twice as long as any alive today once flew over Antarctica.
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COVID-19 causes some patients' immune systems to attack their own bodies
Across the world, immunologists who retooled their labs to join the fight against SARS-CoV-2 are furiously trying to explain why some people get so sick while others recover unscathed.
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Arctic sea ice goes through 'historic' loss in 2020
Arctic sea ice has been in decline for a while now, but 2020 is turning out to be the second-worst year ever — with implications for the whole planet.
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Rabu, 28 Oktober 2020
13 Disturbing Halloween horrors come to life
Here is the science behind 13 Halloween horrors come to life.
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How Hurricane Zeta rapidly strengthened before slamming New Orleans
Zeta was a weakened tropical storm just yesterday. Now it threatens a huge swath of the United States.
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Trump lifts protections for Tongass National Forest, allowing logging, road development
Alaska's Tongass National Forest was protected from logging and other development for nearly two decades.
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Greenland ice melt is changing the shape of its coastline
Greenland's coastline is being altered by ice melt, potentially affecting predictions of what happens to the ice sheet next.
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10 Most Popular Halloween Candies in the US
Do you know the most popular candies in the US during Halloween? Check out our list below!
1. Skittles
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Taste the rainbows with the diversity of flavors that Skittles offer. Skittles already offer tropical flavors, which are the request of everyone adding to the original flavors of lemon, grape, lime, orange, and cherry. More than 200 million Skittles...
'Fireball' meteorite that crashed in Michigan holds extraterrestrial organic compounds
A fireball meteor lit up midwestern skies on Jan. 16, 2018, then landed on a frozen Michigan lake. Analysis of the space rock revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.
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Who lies in the tomb of the 'Six-Headed Chief'? DNA reveals clues.
A strange grave in the Scottish Highlands is starting to make more sense to scientists, with DNA analysis showing that several members of the same family were buried in the same place.
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Astronomers peer into the atmosphere of a rare exoplanet that 'shouldn't exist'
The discovery of the extraordinary exoplanet LTT 9779b was first announced a month ago.
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Sue the T. rex had a terribly painful infection when she died
An infection, not bad genetics, are likely the reason for Sue's weird teeth.
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Astronomers find new way to hunt the elusive Planet 9
Astronomers are vetting a technique that could aid the hunt for Planet Nine, which some researchers think lurks undiscovered in the far outer system, way beyond Pluto's orbit.
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Selasa, 27 Oktober 2020
Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans
The dead don't eat the living, but sometimes the living eat their dead.
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Researchers revamp famous alien-hunting equation to predict spread of COVID-19
A famous equation used in the search for alien life has inspired a new model that estimates the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
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These tiny, little-winged dinosaurs were probably worse at flying than chickens
The discovery of two small dinosaurs with bat-like wings a few years ago was a paleontologist's dream.
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The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that can't be seen
The war against plastic may be overshadowing greater threats to the environment.
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What does 'close contact' for COVID-19 really mean? Epidemiologist explains.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance clarifying what exactly “close contact” means when it comes to transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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The Elysium effect: The coming backlash to the billionaire 'NewSpace' revolution
As entrepreneurs spend billions on space, there is a backlash building that holds their projects as icons of extravagance, even as they may help save the Earth. This is the "Elysium effect."
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Senin, 26 Oktober 2020
Is there a puppy heaven? Owners think so, headstones in pet cemeteries show
Since the first pet cemetery was established in the 19th century, the notion of pets sharing the afterlife with their owners has grown in popularity.
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NASA finds water on the moon's sunlit surface for the first time
The moon has more hidden pockets of water ice than previously thought, NASA's SOFIA flying observatory reveals.
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Photos: Murder hornets will haunt your nightmares
Here's a look at one of the most diabolical and invasive insects: the murder hornet, or the Asian giant hornet.
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1st 'murder hornet' nest in US found and destroyed
The invasive wasp is a threat to honeybees.
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US hits highest average number of new COVID-19 cases since start of the pandemic
The third wave of the pandemic may be much worse than the first two waves.
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The Milky Way's quiet, introverted monster won't spin
This supermassive black hole's spin has been measured for the first time, and it's surprisingly low.
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Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies, and turn them into slaves
Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies and turn them into slaves.
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Rare, 2-headed snake discovered by Florida house cat
A rare, two-headed racer snake turned up in Florida, after being caught by a curious house cat
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Distant alien planets could be turned into dark matter detectors
A pair of astronomers is advocating a daring new research program: to turn our widening search for life beyond Earth into a hunt for dark matter.
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Minggu, 25 Oktober 2020
How the same tech in your Nintendo Wii is tracking wild and wily wolverines
Scientists are equipping the endangered wolverine with accelerometers to track them in the wild.
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Do camels really have water in their humps?
How do camels quench their thirst in the desert?
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Sabtu, 24 Oktober 2020
SARS-CoV-2 uses a second secret doorway into cells
Scientists have found a second doorway, called neuropilin-1, that the novel coronavirus uses to invade human cells.
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Superbug may be spreading in hospitals overrun with COVID-19
The drug-resistant fungus can easily spread in hospital settings.
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Amazing images: The best science photos of the week
Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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Is it possible for anything to be 'germ-free'?
Instead of striving to be "germ-free," try to keep germs out of the wrong places.
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Jumat, 23 Oktober 2020
FDA approves first COVID-19 drug. But it's 'not a blockbuster.'
The drug was previously being used under "emergency use authorization."
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Explosive growth of Colorado wildfire seen from space
The spread of the fire was visible from space.
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Fault near Portland could unleash a major earthquake
The Gales Creek Fault in northwest Oregon has set off some temblors before recorded history.
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The first star in our galaxy caught sending out fast radio bursts is doing it again
A little dead star that dazzled us earlier this year is not done with its shenanigans.
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NASA's first attempt to sample an asteroid in space made a mess. It's the best mess ever, scientists say.
A NASA spacecraft has really made a mess of things on the asteroid Bennu, and scientists are thrilled.
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Physicists search for imprints left by dark matter haloes as they swoosh through galactic gas
The search for dark matter is at a crossroads. Now, physicists have a new way to tell what the invisible stuff is made of.
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Kamis, 22 Oktober 2020
All seniors could get COVID-19 vaccine by end of January, HHS head says
But even if vaccines are approved soon, several major roadblocks could significantly delay the timeline of distribution.
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Sacrificed llama mummies unearthed in Peru
These five naturally mummified llamas were sacrificed by the Inca about 500 years ago.
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Aliens on 1,000 nearby stars could see us, new study suggests
Humans have gotten good at spotting planets orbiting alien stars. But how many of those alien stars are able to look back and see us?
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Witch-repellent graffiti discovered in ruins of medieval UK church
Archaeologists in the U.K. have discovered ruins of a medieval church graffitied with mystical "'witch marks."'
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Famous fish that ate all his friends gets cheered up by 16th birthday party
Happy 16th birthday to Mikko the grouper, a popular aquarium fish in Finland who missed his human visitors during the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Physicists clock the fastest possible speed of sound
Scientists have discovered how fast sound can go, a blistering 22 miles (36 kilometers) per second.
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'Lost' tectonic plate called Resurrection hidden under the Pacific
A new computer reconstruction of the tectonic plates of 60 million years ago reveals the existence of a lost plate called Resurrection.
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Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution 320,000 years ago
People thrive all across the globe, at every temperature, altitude and landscape. How did human beings become so successful at adapting to whatever environment we wind up in?
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The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown much deeper and wider in 2020
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has expanded to one of its greatest recorded sizes in recent years.
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Asteroid Bennu: Successful touchdown —but sample return mission has only just begun
The most hazardous part of the mission is over – and seemingly successful, although we will have to wait for a few more days to hear the scale of the success.
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Rabu, 21 Oktober 2020
1-minute encounters may add up to spread COVID-19
None of the encounters was longer than 60 seconds.
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US is a week away from 'rapid acceleration' of COVID-19 cases
The U.S. has averaged 60,160 new cases per day in the last week.
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Corgi-size pterosaurs walked in the rain 145 million years ago
Researchers in Wyoming have discovered a pterosaur trackway dating to 145 million years ago.
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'Starman' just zipped past Mars in his rapidly-decaying Tesla Roadster
Starman — the dummy riding a Tesla Roadster through space — has made his closest approach ever to Mars since his stunt launch in 2018.
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Nothing can squish this 'iron' beetle. Now, scientists know why.
A tough exoskeleton in ironclad beetles protect them against piercing and crushing, and scientists recently uncovered the unusual interlocking structures that strengthen the insect's hard shell.
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NASA spacecraft makes historic attempt to snag samples of asteroid Bennu
For the first time ever, a NASA probe has performed a sample-snagging operation on an asteroid in deep space.
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Black holes could become massive particle accelerators
Physicists suggest harnessing the gravitational pull of black holes to create ferocious particle accelerators. The trick? Carefully set everything up so the particles don't get lost forever.
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The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out
As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.
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The closest black hole to Earth may not actually be a black hole after all
An object identified earlier this year as the closest black hole we've ever discovered may have just been demoted.
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Ghostly 'UFO cloud' hovering over mountains wows judges in weather photo contest
Lenticular clouds look like saucers and form when wind meets mountains. This photo is one of the Royal Meteorological Society's favorites of the year.
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'Monster' storms and frozen bison: The most spectacular weather photos of 2020
Here are the winners of the Royal Meteorological Society's 2020 Weather Photo of the Year contest, sponsored by AccuWeather.
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Selasa, 20 Oktober 2020
COVID-19 is at least 5 times deadlier than flu for hospitalized patients
Mounting evidence shows that COVID-19 is more severe than flu.
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Scientists discover new organ in the throat
A newly discovered set of salivary glands is nestled behind the nose.
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1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not 'cute and cuddly'
Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China's Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females.
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Astronomers claimed galaxy was 98% dark matter. They were wrong.
Back in 2016, researchers claimed Dragonfly 44 was a "failed" Milky Way — a galaxy with a huge dark matter mass but almost no stars. Now, on closer examination, that claim has fallen apart.
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Teen wins $25k for finding molecule that may disarm coronavirus
Anika Chebrolu hopes to work with scientists to develop the drug candidate further.
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'Challenge study' to infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus will begin in early 2021
The study will test how much virus is needed to infect humans and which vaccines work the best to prevent COVID-19.
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New Nazca Line geoglyph discovered: A 120-foot-long cat
The latest Nazca Line depicts a giant cat.
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The very first forms of life may have been more animal-like than we ever realized
Early life may have been far more like animals than we thought, suggests new research that shows bacteria can 'develop' like an embryo.
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Artemis Accords: Why many countries are refusing to sign moon exploration agreement
Only eight countries have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of guidelines surrounding the Artemis Program for crewed exploration of the moon.
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Without gravity, the fluid around an astronaut's brain moves in weird ways
The fluid that cushions the human brain redistributes in the skull during spaceflight, according to a new study.
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Young women may be likelier to die after heart attacks than men
Scientists don't yet know why death rates were higher among women in the study.
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Higgs boson possibly caught in act of never-before-seen transformation
If the Higgs boson really is decaying into pairs of muons in the Large Hadron Collider, that's a big deal for particle physics.
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Senin, 19 Oktober 2020
History of Halloween
Halloween has its roots in a pagan harvest festival, while different traditions were added throughout the years.
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NASA is about to play 'tag' with asteroid Bennu: Here's how it will work.
NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will "TAG" asteroid Bennu Tuesday (Oct. 20) and collect a sample for return to Earth.
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24 million-year-old nursery for baby megasharks discovered in South Carolina
The discovery of nearly 90 shark teeth, largely from young sharks, indicates there was a shark nursery here 24 million years ago.
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Half-male, half-female songbird discovered in Pennsylvania
A rose-breasted grosbeak that was captured in a Pennsylvania nature reserve is a bilateral gynandromorph — male on the right side and female on the left side.
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10 Most Haunted Places in America
Whether you believe it or not, there are towns in America that are full of eerie stories that were passed down for generations. We have compiled together with the US spookiest places from its haunted fortresses up to the grisly stories of deaths and sufferings.
1. Villisca Axe Murder House
A gruesome crime scene happened on the house located at 508 E Second Street on June 10, 1912. This tiny town...
Severe burn damage from California wildfires seen from space
New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss.
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The body fires 'blobs of fat' packed with toxic proteins to fight bacteria
Scientists have known about these 'blobs of fat' for more than 130 years, but they're just understanding all the roles they play in the body.
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Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn
A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within the next 12 months.
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Researchers capture elusive particle trios at room temperature
Researchers have found a way to trap and study elusive particle trios called trions at room temperature.
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Anglo-Saxon warlord unearthed by metal detector hobbyists
Archaeologists have unearthed the rich burial of a sixth-century man thought to be an Anglo-Saxon warlord in southern England, after it was first discovered by metal detectorists.
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Minggu, 18 Oktober 2020
Elon Musk says SpaceX's 1st Starship trip to Mars could fly in 4 years
SpaceX is on track to launch its first Mars mission in as little as four years from now, SpaceX's founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (Oct. 16) at the International Mars Society Convention.
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Was Jesus a magician?
Jesus' ability to defeat death, heal people and produce food and drink elevated him above Roman gods in the eyes of many people. A wand would have enhanced that image.
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Sabtu, 17 Oktober 2020
Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured
Scientists have measured the shortest unit of time ever, the time it takes for a particle of light to cross a hydrogen molecule.
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Why are galaxies different shapes?
Some galaxies are swirling blue disks, others are red spheres or misshapen, clumpy messes or something in between. Why the different configurations?
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Jumat, 16 Oktober 2020
Warm pasta helps hot, angry neutron stars cool down
Neutron stars are like the most efficient thermoses in the universe, filled with hot noodle soup. Here's how, over the course of millions of years, they cool down.
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Remdesivir has 'no meaningful impact' on COVID-19 survival, huge study finds
Patients given the drug did not show a significant decrease in mortality, risk of ventilation or time in the hospital.
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Adorable tardigrades fight UV rays with glowing shield
Tough little tardigrades use biofluorescence to resist damage from ultraviolet rays.
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Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop, breaking world record
A bar-tailed godwit just flew for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand.
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Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop, breaking world record
A bar-tailed godwit just flew for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand.
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Weird venomous caterpillars that look like walking toupées are invading Virginia
Pus caterpillars have among the most venomous stings of any animal in the United States. And they're having a boom year in Virginia.
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10,000-year-old footprints show journey of squirmy toddler and caregiver
A nearly mile-long set of tracks across the playa of the desert Southwest reveals the journey of a caregiver and a toddler more than 10,000 years ago.
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Why some animals have a penis bone shaped like an ice-cream scooper
The 'penis bone', or the baculum, is one of the most mysterious structures in mammal biology. To this day, no one really knows what it does or why it's gone missing in humans, horses, elephants and a few other species.
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Only two northern white rhinos remain. And they're both female.
Sadly, this success story only stretches as far as the southern subspecies of the white rhino.
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Cosmonaut snaps amazing photos of Soyuz rocket launch from space
Three astronauts made a record-setting jaunt to the International Space Station, and another astronaut already in orbit caught stunning photos of the launch.
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Kamis, 15 Oktober 2020
What is RNA?
RNA keeps some of life's most important processes humming, from building your body's proteins to silencing genes.
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Drug tricks cancer cells by impersonating a virus
The drug has been tested in mice and a small group of human patients.
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Hockey game turned into COVID-19 superspreader event
Fourteen out of 22 players developed COVID-19 after the game.
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Mosquito 'tongue' neurons ignite like fireworks at taste of human blood
The taste of your blood ignites a burst of sensory neuron activity in mosquito mouthparts.
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Physicists keep trying to break the rules of gravity but this supermassive black hole just said 'no'
A new test of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity has proved the 20th Century physicist right again, this time using a supermassive black hole.
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1st of their kind baby tyrannosaur fossils unearthed
It's rare to find tyrannosaur baby bones, but now researchers have two: a toe claw and a jawbone.
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Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us'
"The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us," Bill Nye said.
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800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet. Soon, it might happen again.
Old Faithful, the famed geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts with captivating regularity, could soon go quiet.
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What if all humans on Earth had albinism?
What might the world be like if everyone on Earth had albinism, from prehistoric times until now?
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2 big pieces of space junk could collide tonight
Two big pieces of space junk are zooming toward a close approach that will occur Thursday (Oct. 15) at 8:56 p.m. EDT (0056 GMT on Oct. 16), according to California-based tracking company LeoLabs.
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Selasa, 13 Oktober 2020
Kids can watch colorful crystals grow with this NatGeo kit, on sale for Prime Day
Get up to 20% off National Geographic STEM science kits, including a crystal growing kit, a glowing marble run and more.
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Senin, 12 Oktober 2020
10 Most Famous Trees in the World
Well-known trees come and leave just like everything. They exist for a short period of time until it’s their time to go. The most secluded tree in the world, the L’ Arbre du Tenere, a landmark is Sahara, was struck by a drunk truck driver in 1973. Another famous tree vanished after being blown by strong winds during a hurricane, namely the Amsterdam’s Anne Frank tree. Fortunately, there are several...
Sabtu, 10 Oktober 2020
More humans are growing an extra blood vessel in our arm that 'feeds' our hands, study shows
Scientists have found an artery that temporarily runs down the center of our forearms while we're still in the womb isn't vanishing as often as it used to.
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What's the first species humans drove to extinction?
Which species died out first because of humans?
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Jumat, 09 Oktober 2020
Masks and closures in Arizona led to a 75% decrease in coronavirus cases
Another study shows that masks and other mitigation efforts not only work, but work well.
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Planets more hospitable to life than Earth may already have been discovered
At least two dozen planets outside the solar system might be better for life than Earth.
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15 million tons of microplastics pollute the seafloor
A new report finds that microplastic debris is twice as abundant in the deep ocean as it is on the sea surface.
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Kamis, 08 Oktober 2020
Major Hurricane Delta set to batter Louisiana, where many are still homeless after Laura
Delta will landfall just miles from the still-devastated Lousiana area where Laura hit in August, continuing a devastating hurricane season.
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1 in 4 Americans aren't washing their hands regularly
In a global pandemic, hand-washing is even more important than it usually is.
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Stan the T. rex just became the most expensive fossil ever sold
A Tyrannosaurus rex called Stan ended up on the auction block because of a lawsuit. Here's how it happened.
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Earth just had its hottest September on record
Every year, a warming planet is shattering heat records.
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Rabu, 07 Oktober 2020
Orthorexia: Causes, symptoms and treatment
Eating healthily isn't a bad thing, but taken to the extreme, it can turn into a disorder called orthorexia nervosa.
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After 3,000 years, Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia
Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced to mainland Australia, where they haven't been seen in the wild for millennia.
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Black hole-sized magnetic fields could be created on Earth, study says
The magnetic fields are more than a thousand times stronger than the magnetic field used in MRI machines..
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Dead animals are washing ashore on a remote Russian peninsula. What’s going on?
Thousands of dead octopuses, starfish and other sea creatures have recently washed up on the shores of the remote Russian peninsula of Kamchatka.
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2 women earn Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene-editing tool CRISPR
The gene-editing tool can precisely snip DNA from the genome.
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Scarlet fever is making a comeback. Bacterial 'clone' could be to blame.
Scarlet fever seems to be making a comeback, and scientists have found a bacterial "clone" could be the culprit.
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Draconid Meteor Shower 2020: When, where and how to watch the unpredictable 'shooting star' display
The annual Draconid meteor shower peaks Wednesday evening (Oct. 7) — but the bright, gibbous moon will wash it out.
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Coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours
The new coronavirus can linger on human skin much longer than flu viruses can, according to a new study from researchers in Japan.
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Selasa, 06 Oktober 2020
Dozens of ancient penguin 'mummies' discovered at lost nesting site in Antarctica
Melting snow in Antarctica reveals ancient penguin 'mummies' dating to 5,000 years ago.
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Louisiana braces for its 3rd dangerous hurricane in only 6 weeks
Hurricane Delta is poised to be extremely dangerous and destructive to Louisiana and Mississippi. In parts Louisiana, people are still living in tents after Hurricane Laura wrecked their homes in August.
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SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites and lands rocket at sea
SpaceX delivered its 13th batch of Starlink satellites to orbit Tuesday (Oct.6), following a two-week delay due to bad weather.
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Scientists discover great white shark 'queen of the ocean'
Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they're calling the "queen of the ocean" off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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Trump is 1 of 10 people to get antibody drug outside of clinical trial
Normally, the application process to get the drug takes a week or so, Stat News reported.
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Something huge ripped the skin off this star before it died
Something pulled the outer layer of Cassiopeia A off before it detonated to form this gorgeous supernova. But what?
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59 priest mummies and statue of unusual god unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists have now discovered 59 mummy coffins in Saqqara in Egypt. Many of the mummies are likely the remains of priests.
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Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists for their black hole discoveries
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists for their work involving one of the cosmos's most mysterious, darkest, secrets — black holes.
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Senin, 05 Oktober 2020
What was the Black Panther Party?
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary socialist organization that demanded equal rights for Black people and Black communities.
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Beirut blast was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever
Energy released by the August explosion in Beirut was enough to power over 100 homes for a year; it was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts to date.
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CDC finally acknowledges airborne COVID-19 spread, for real this time
The revised guidance follows the CDC's blunder last month, in which the agency posted, and then deleted, information on airborne spread from its website.
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Megalodon's hugeness was 'off-the-scale' — even for a shark
A new study evaluates massive Megalodon alongside all sharks in the lamniform group — living and extinct. Even among its extinct relatives, Megalodon was unequalled in length and mass.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to discoverers of hepatitis C
Now, there are diagnostic blood tests and antiviral treatments for the virus.
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Fossils of Ice Age manatees discovered in Texas
Ice Age manatees either summered in Texas or lived there year-round, raising new questions about the environment off the coast of the Lone Star State during the Pleistocene.
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Trump is taking the latest in COVID-19 treatments. Here's how those medicines work.
With 74-year-old President Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus, what are the best proven treatments for them and other patients?
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Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed
Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video.
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Americans really are drinking more during the pandemic
Americans really are drinking more during the COVID-19 pandemic. New research suggests alcohol consumption in the U.S. rose 14% during pandemic shutdowns.
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Minggu, 04 Oktober 2020
Are non-stick pans safe?
Is Teflon, the clear plastic used to coat pots and pans, safe to use?
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Sabtu, 03 Oktober 2020
New space toilet reaches the final frontier
A robotic Cygnus spacecraft successfully blasted off from Virginia today (Oct. 1) carrying nearly 4 tons of gear, including a new space toilet, to the International Space Station.
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Astrophysicists figure out the total amount of matter in the universe
Researchers have performed one of the most precise measurements yet to determine the proportion of matter in the universe.
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10 Most Beautiful Flowers in the World
Flowers are part of our life’s simple pictures, has the form of being flawless, represents beauty at its purest. Nothing can be compared to flowers in a vase as it adds color to our living room, the countless colors in the wildflower’s field, or the fragrance of your bouquet. There are individuals who are even traveling far just to see the seasonal blooms.
Listed below is the compilation of 10 beautiful...
Can a cat parasite control your mind?
This parasite may manipulate your brain to make you take more risks.
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Jumat, 02 Oktober 2020
Mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 strikes adults as well as kids
Like the syndrome in children, MIS-A is a severe illness that targets multiple organs and causes increased inflammation.
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Just how many people could be infected as part of the Trump COVID-19 outbreak?
Trump attended around 15 events in various states, from the 2020 presidential debate to fundraisers and rallies over the past several days.
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Skull reveals Anglo-Saxon teen's nose and lips were cut off 1,100 years ago
A young woman's nose and lips were cut off in about A.D. 800, likely as a punishment.
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Glassified brain cells found in victim of Vesuvius eruption
The brain cells survived under volcanic flows for nearly 2,000 years.
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It's time to vote for the chonkiest bear in Katmai National Park
It’s Fat Bear Week at the Brooks River in Alaska.
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Trump tests positive for COVID-19: What are the risks?
This comes a month before the 2020 presidential election and a couple of days after Trump’s and former Vice President Joe Biden's chaotic first presidential debate in Ohio.
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New York and New Jersey launch COVID-19 contact tracing apps
The app uses bluetooth technology to alert people that they've been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19.
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'Naked' shark was born without skin or teeth in world first
Fishers in Sardinia, Italy caught a skinless, toothless shark in a world first, new study says.
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Woman's odd headache was from tapeworm larvae in her brain
It's believed to be the first locally acquired case of the disease in Australia.
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Kamis, 01 Oktober 2020
A virus and bacteria may 'team up' to harm babies' brains
For nearly 20 years, a small hospital in Uganda has been treating thousands of cases of hydrocephalus in children.
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Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025
A viable nuclear fusion reactor — one that spits out more energy than it consumes — could be here as soon as 2025.
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Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones: Earth's tropical windstorms
Hurricanes and typhoons — or more broadly, tropical cyclones — begin as clusters of thunderstorms over tropical ocean waters, taking anywhere from several hours to days to become organized.
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COVID nightmares are becoming frighteningly common
Pandemic dreams are remarkably common across multiple countries, according to a suite of new studies.
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35-year study hints that coronavirus immunity doesn’t last long
Seasonal coronaviruses can give us hints about our immunity to COVID-19.
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There’s too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.
Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is, and key theoretical explanations are falling apart
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US spy satellite launch aborted in final seconds again
The launch of a U.S. spy satellite atop a powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket was called off in the final seconds late last night (Sept. 30), mirroring the outcome of an attempt a month ago.
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Decapitated and dismembered skeletons reveal lost Iron Age massacre
A once-thriving Iron Age village in Iberia was decimated and likely abandoned after a brutal massacre that left bodies lying in the streets where they fell.
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When should we start testing COVID-19 vaccines in kids?
A vaccine cannot be approved for use in kids until vaccine trials with young participants are complete.
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