Catch a last moon-and-shadow transit before Jupiter reaches opposition, with Europa’s shadow leading it across the disk.
By midnight CST on January…
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Why scientists are worried that Greenland’s Prudhoe ice dome could melt away – again
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Scientists warn that it is “only a matter of time” until Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome starts to melt…
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Congress Plans to Mostly Buck Trump’s NSF, NASA, Energy Cuts
Congressional appropriators aren’t planning to go along with Trump’s huge proposed NSF cut.
Federal lawmakers…
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Exploding comet may have wiped out mammoths and other enormous Ice Age mammals
12,900 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere entered an abrupt cold period known as the Younger Dryas. This glacial interval didn’t last long, just 1,200 years, but it coincided with the extinction of many large, iconic megafauna that lived in…
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Huangqin decoction disrupts energy metabolism of Trichophyton rubrum, with isocitrate lyase as a potential target
Whittle, S. B., Williamson, K. C. & Russell, H. V. Incidence and risk factors of bacterial and fungal infection during induction chemotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. 34 (5), 331–342 (2017).
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Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr Maya Fishbach
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 247th AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here, and read our other interviews here!
It…
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China’s Mars rover discovers longer water existence on red planet-Xinhua
Photo released on June 11, 2021 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows a selfie of China’s first Mars rover Zhurong with the landing platform. (CNSA/Handout via Xinhua) BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — By studying the detection data of…
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Breakthrough lets scientists watch plants breathe in real time
Scientists have long understood that plants take in air through tiny openings on their leaves known as stomata. These microscopic pores act like adjustable valves, letting carbon dioxide enter the leaf for photosynthesis while allowing water…
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In the dead of the night, this diver saw a bizarre thing scuttling out of the darkness
The ocean is full of examples of symbiosis – when two creatures have a close relationship, often that benefits them both – but some are more strange than others. In Bali, Indonesia, an underwater photographer spotted a particularly unusual…
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Cosmic dust: “too much, too soon” no longer!
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