Saturday, May 4, 2019

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Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment

May 01 2019 2:06 PM
By chowing down on grass and then excreting into rivers and lakes, hippos play a big role in transporting a nutrient crucial to the food web.
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Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry

May 01 2019 2:00 PM
Scientists detected water in bits of an asteroid thought to be devoid of the liquid. Such space rocks might have helped create Earth's oceans.
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A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans

May 01 2019 1:00 PM
A Denisovan jaw is the earliest evidence of hominids on the Tibetan Plateau, and the first fossil outside of Siberia from the mysterious human lineage.
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The Science Life

How scientists traced a uranium cube to Nazi Germany's nuclear reactor program

May 01 2019 3:00 AM
New research suggests that the Nazis had enough uranium to make a working nuclear reactor.
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Dry sand can bubble and swirl like a fluid

Apr 30 2019 2:21 PM
Put two types of sand grains together in a chamber, and they can flow like fluids under the right conditions.
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Skepticism grows over whether the first known exomoon exists

Apr 30 2019 12:30 PM
New analyses of the data used to find the first discovered exomoon are reaching conflicting results.
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A mysterious dementia that mimics Alzheimer's gets named LATE
Apr 30 2019 12:00 PM
An underappreciated form of dementia that causes memory trouble in older people gets a name: LATE.
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Here's what causes the aurora-like glow known as STEVE
Apr 30 2019 7:00 AM
Amateur astronomer images and satellite data are revealing what causes the strange atmospheric glow called STEVE.
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How holes in herd immunity led to a 25-year high in U.S. measles cases
Apr 29 2019 4:04 PM
U.S. measles cases have surged to 704. Outbreaks reveal pockets of vulnerability where too many unvaccinated people are helping the virus spread.
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Experiences
A science-themed escape room gives the brain a workout
Apr 29 2019 12:40 PM
Quantum physicist Paul Kwiat reveals what it takes do well in LabEscape, his science-themed escape room.
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How aphids sacrifice themselves to fix their homes with fatty goo
Apr 29 2019 7:00 AM
Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, using that goo to patch breaches in the wall of their tree home.
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Why war's emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others
Apr 28 2019 8:00 AM
Researchers examine why war's emotional wounds run deep in some youngsters, not others.
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Transparency Project
How we reported on the challenges of using ancestry tests to solve crimes
Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM
Here's how we found out what happened when an arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case that was tied to genetic testing.
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How we reported a controversial story about the day the dinosaurs died
Apr 26 2019 12:24 PM
Here's how we covered the story of new fossils found in the Tanis site in North Dakota, including the story's more controversial elements.
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Transparency Project
Introducing the Transparency Project
Apr 26 2019 12:23 PM
The Transparency Project aims to be more open and accountable to readers by explaining key coverage decisions and showing how science journalism happens.
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News in Brief
Pictures confirm Hayabusa2 made a crater in asteroid Ryugu
Apr 26 2019 12:09 PM
Hayabusa2's crater-blasting success, confirmed by an image beamed back from the spacecraft, paves the way to grab subsurface asteroid dust.
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