Like a merchant of old, balancing the weights of two different commodities on a scale, nature can keep different genetic traits in balance as a species evolves over millions of years.
Evolution
Feb 21, 2023
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If you want to make the fluffiest bread possible, you're going to need to use chemistry.
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2023
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In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the "foam shower."
Environment
Feb 16, 2023
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To be clear: The asteroid is not going to hit us.
Astronomy
Feb 15, 2023
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Advances in computing power over the decades have come thanks in part to our ability to make smaller and smaller transistors, a building block of electronic devices, but we are nearing the limit of the silicon materials typically ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2023
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A new genetic test can identify dogs at risk of a potentially deadly disorder resulting in excessive bleeding and bruising in the hours and days following surgical procedures.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 15, 2023
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Researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Maastricht have found that teachers are one and a half times more likely to suspect that boys are gifted than girls who are equally gifted. Moreover, the researchers say, teachers ...
Education
Feb 14, 2023
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The first asteroid to be visited by NASA's Lucy mission now has a name. The International Astronomical Union has approved the name (152830) Dinkinesh for the tiny main belt asteroid that the Lucy spacecraft will encounter ...
Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2023
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Scientists have developed a world-first diagnostic test, powered by artificial intelligence, that can identify known respiratory viruses within five minutes from just one nasal or throat swab. The new diagnostic test could ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 10, 2023
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When Srikanth Singamaneni and Guy Genin, both professors of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, established a new collaboration with researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 9, 2023
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