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/ 10 months agoWhat is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
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/ 10 months ago3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how they...
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/ 10 months agoCarbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results...
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/ 10 months agoMurderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are...
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/ 10 months agoNikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history
A presidential candidate’s ‘home state advantage’ should help them win a primary, which then bodes well for how they do in...
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/ 10 months agoHow politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake
Electoral redistricting is a high-stakes political game, so Democrats and Republicans have a hard time playing fair. When they’re made to...
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/ 10 months agoSeparate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially ended racial discrimination in public places, relics of the Jim Crow South still...
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/ 10 months agoNearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states: A pharmacologist explains the controversy
Long-term use of kratom may actually reduce pain tolerance and cause physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
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/ 10 months agoHow Lula’s big-tent pragmatism won over Brazil again – with a little help from a backlash to Bolsonaro
The third-term president has used his experience and personal relationships with lawmakers to build the majorities that now support his agenda.
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/ 10 months agoWhy does a leap year have 366 days?
Humans have synced their calendars to the sun and moon for centuries, but every so often, these systems need a little...
