For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will embark on a mission with only women aboard. Blue Origin's all-female space flight crew, which includes popstar Katy ...
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2025
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At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers.
Environment
Apr 6, 2025
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A revolution is underway in gene editing—and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work is rewriting the building blocks of life with unprecedented precision.
Biotechnology
Apr 6, 2025
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Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National Weather Service warning on Saturday of "severe" flash flooding in the coming days.
Environment
Apr 6, 2025
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Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday.
Environment
Apr 6, 2025
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Once voted the UK's favorite river, the River Wye flows from the Welsh mountains to the Severn estuary—150 miles through an officially recognized "national landscape." But this idyllic picture is changing, as the river ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2025
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As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean—between Antarctica and other continents—will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2025
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El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few years, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean seesaws between warm (El Niño) and cold (La Niña) phases. ...
Earth Sciences
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Researchers at WashU Medicine have harnessed the internal circadian clock of the body to deliver medication for an inflammatory illness precisely when it was most needed. Tissue implants incorporating genetically engineered ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 6, 2025
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A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated manuscript in Estonia. The study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage set out to determine ...
