The surgeon general is the "nation's doctor" in the United States. They are tasked with giving Americans the "best scientific information" about their health.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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A study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated how satellites could enable more efficient, secure quantum networks.
Quantum Physics
Feb 10, 2023
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Many countries in Africa suffer from disasters annually, but the adverse effects are grossly under-reported compared with coverage of more developed nations.
Environment
Feb 10, 2023
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The Chinese "spy balloon" shot down over the United States has brought the seemingly strange methods of surveillance and espionage into news headlines. Balloons have long been used for espionage—and not just for surveillance, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018, many Americans hoped that, finally, something would be done to address the problem of gun violence in the nation's schools.
Education
Feb 10, 2023
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A pair of archaeologists with Lund University in Sweden has found "a treasure trove" of plants aboard a sunken 15th-century Norse ship. Mikael Larsson and Brendan Foley describe their findings in PLOS ONE.
A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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In 2020, a chance discovery near the small South African hamlet of Misgund in the Eastern Cape unearthed an unusual parcel—a gift to science. The parcel turned out to be a 500-year-old cow horn, capped with a leather lid ...
Archaeology
Feb 10, 2023
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Midwesterners needn't bother choosing their poison: droughts or floods. They get a double dose of both.
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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A team of A*STAR scientists has successfully upcycled waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into polymer electrolytes, which are key components for safer lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). The study is the first known ...
Polymers
Feb 10, 2023
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