What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies. A once-strong ruler weakens, her supporters turn against her, and a dramatic change in leadership follows. For bees, these events are not…
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The surprising reason bees replace their queens
What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies. A once-strong ruler weakens, her supporters turn against her, and a dramatic change in leadership follows. For bees, these events are not…
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Kissing started 20 million years ago, long before humans existed
Kissing may feel like a very human habit, but new research suggests it has much deeper roots. A team of scientists says the behavior likely began more than 20 million years ago, long before modern humans existed.
Researchers from Oxford…
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on its 150th Falcon 9 mission of the year
SpaceX reached another milestone with the launch of 29 more Starlink satellites for its broadband internet low Earth orbit constellation.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover finds possible interplanetary rock on Mars
The Perseverance rover of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered a strangely shaped rock on Mars that may not be native to the Red Planet, which left scientists intrigued about its implications.
Dubbed…
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The autism-linked gut microbial metabolite p-cresol inhibits host catecholamine biosynthesizing enzymes to elicit social deficits
Vuong, H. E. & Hsiao, E. Y. Emerging roles for the gut microbiome in autism spectrum disorder. Biol. Psychiatry 81, 411–423 (2017).
Lai, M. C., Lombardo, M. V. & Baron-Cohen, S. Autism. The…
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Hidden copper switch supercharges green ammonia production
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered how a catalyst used in a promising industrial reaction helps generate ammonia, a major component of fertilizer. In this process, copper oxide acts as an important catalyst in the…
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Scientists Reveal How Severely a Geomagnetic Superstorm Erodes Earth’s Protection from Dangerous Space Radiation
For the first time, researchers have measured how the violent space weather events known as geomagnetic superstorms disrupt the Earth’s protective plasmasphere, placing our critical infrastructure at risk.
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Forget Meat—Here Comes Genetically Modified Protein Fungus
Move over meat… scientists have engineered a fungal organism that produces protein more efficiently than conventional livestock while dramatically reducing environmental damage.
Researchers at Jiangnan University in…
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 187 — An Inspired Enterprise
An Inspired Enterprise – A History of Star Trek with Glen Swanson – YouTube
Watch OnOn Episode 187 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Glen Swanson, author of the new Star Trek history book “Inspired Enterprise.”
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