Asteroid coming close Friday: Don't worry, we're safe
Another asteroid is headed our way—the second this week—but there's no need to worry.
Space Exploration
Feb 8, 2018
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Savanna fires pump Central African forests full of nitrogen
The remote forests of Africa's Congo Basin have long been a blind spot for scientists working to understand how Earth's natural cycles respond to the environmentally unique characteristics of different regions.
Environment
Feb 8, 2018
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Surprise finding points to DNA's role in shaping cells
As a basic unit of life, the cell is one of the most carefully studied components of all living organisms. Yet details on basic processes such as how cells are shaped have remained a mystery. Working at the intersection of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2018
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Evolution—and skill—help hefty hummingbirds stay spry
Evolved differences in muscle power and wing size—along with a touch of skill—govern hummingbirds' inflight agility, according to new research in Science.
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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Inventors have their own Oscars: The Sci-Tech Awards
Engineers and inventors who create innovations for the movie business have their own Academy Awards.
Other
Feb 8, 2018
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Researchers run first tests of unique system for welding highly irradiated metal alloys
Scientists of the Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program (LWRS) and partners from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have conducted the first weld tests to repair highly irradiated materials ...
Engineering
Feb 8, 2018
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When it comes to genes, lichens embrace sharing economy
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered the first known molecular evidence of obligate symbiosis in lichens, a distinctive co-evolutionary relationship that could shed new light on how and why some multicellular ...
Ecology
Feb 8, 2018
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NASA finds a weak and wispy Tropical Cyclone Cebile
Vertical wind shear had already taken its toll on Tropical Cyclone Cebile when NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean on Feb. 8. Cebile, now a subtropical cyclone, appeared to have wispy clouds circling ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2018
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Termites' unique gut 'factory' key to global domination
Termites have achieved ecological dominance and now some of the ingredients for their success have been determined to lie in their unique gut microbiome 'factories' - which enable the creatures to eat wood, soil and other ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2018
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Are you rocky or are you gassy? Astronomers unlock the mysteries of super-Earths
A star about 100 light years away in the Pisces constellation, GJ 9827, hosts what may be one of the most massive and dense super-Earth planets detected to date according to new research led by Carnegie's Johanna Teske. This ...
Astronomy
Feb 8, 2018
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