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DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth

Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible?and perhaps more common than we think.

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DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth

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Cities Aren't the Wildlife 'Deserts' Scientists Once Feared

As more animals are spotted in urban areas, researchers recognize how cities can play a significant role in fostering biodiversity.

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Cities Aren't the Wildlife 'Deserts' Scientists Once Feared

WIRED Science

The Pandemic Olympics, Vaccine Misinformation, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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WIRED Science

The Pandemic Olympics, Vaccine Misinformation, and More News

WIRED Science

How Mockingbirds Compose Songs Just Like Beethoven

The birds aren't producing sounds at random. Some of their strategies are surprisingly similar to ones used by humans.

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How Mockingbirds Compose Songs Just Like Beethoven

WIRED Science

The Olympics Could Be a Covid-19 "Super-Evolutionary Event"

In a warped version of international cooperation, the Games could provide a place for variants of the virus to spread and then return home with athletes.

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The Olympics Could Be a Covid-19 "Super-Evolutionary Event"

Singularity HUB

Can Consciousness Be Explained by Quantum Physics? New Research

One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established. In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of black holes, physicist Roger Penrose teamed up with anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to propose an ambitious answer. They ...

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Can Consciousness Be Explained by Quantum Physics? New Research

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'Next-Generation' Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted into First US Patient

Late last year, a French company called Carmat received approval in Europe for its total artificial heart. It's exactly what it sounds like: a heart made of synthetic and biological materials intended for implantation into people who need heart transplants. Now, just half a year later, the first US patient ...

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'Next-Generation' Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted into First US Patient

Science - The Verge

NASA's Europa Clipper will fly on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Image: NASA NASA's Europa Clipper will start its journey to Jupiter's icy moon aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket built by SpaceX. NASA will pay SpaceX $178 million to launch the vehicle in October 2024. The Europa Clipper got the green light from NASA in 2015. It will fly by the moon ...

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Science - The Verge

NASA's Europa Clipper will fly on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy

Science - The Verge

Vergecast: Jeff Bezos in space, RCS on Verizon, and Biden on Big Tech

Image; Blue Origin Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where our editors discuss the biggest stories in tech news this week. This week on The Vergecast, the show is split into three sections, hosted by Verge executive editor Dieter Bohn. ...

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Science - The Verge

Vergecast: Jeff Bezos in space, RCS on Verizon, and Biden on Big Tech

Science - The Verge

The pandemic made it even harder to check on the ocean's vital signs

A man takes a picture of German icebreaker and research vessel "Polarstern" upon arrival at the harbour of nothern German town of Bremerhaven, on October 12, 2020, after a year-long mission, the biggest Arctic expedition in history, bringing home observations from scientists that sea ...

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Science - The Verge

The pandemic made it even harder to check on the ocean's vital signs

Science - The Verge

Communication around masks is still terrible

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced long-awaited guidelines in May for when vaccinated people could stop wearing masks, some experts cautioned that the changes were coming too soon. We were still learning more about ...

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Science - The Verge

Communication around masks is still terrible

Science - The Verge

Arm's cheap and flexible plastic microchip could create an "internet of everything"

Plastic chips would be flexible and cheap; meaning they could be printed pretty much anywhere. | Image: PragmatIC If you think microchips are ubiquitous now, appearing in everything from washing machines to lampposts, just wait until circuits can be printed onto plastic, paper, ...

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Science - The Verge

Arm's cheap and flexible plastic microchip could create an "internet of everything"

Yahoo Science

Alabama doctor describes how sick COVID patients 'beg' for the vaccine but she can only hold their hand and tell them it ...

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Yahoo Science

Alabama doctor describes how sick COVID patients 'beg' for the vaccine but she can only hold their hand and tell them it ...

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A Virgin Galactic ticket holder who met Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk at parties said the 82-year-old had 'the energy ...

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A Virgin Galactic ticket holder who met Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk at parties said the 82-year-old had 'the energy ...

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NASA's Mars helicopter nailed its 10th flight - double what engineers had hoped Ingenuity would do

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NASA's Mars helicopter nailed its 10th flight - double what engineers had hoped Ingenuity would do

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Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88

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Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88

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COVID-19 cases in the US near 50,000 a day - the highest since May as CDC reportedly considers stricter mask rules

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COVID-19 cases in the US near 50,000 a day - the highest since May as CDC reportedly considers stricter mask rules

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Heatwaves are killing workers on the job. The government needs to set new rules for employers before more Americans needlessly ...

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Heatwaves are killing workers on the job. The government needs to set new rules for employers before more Americans needlessly ...

Science Daily

What does a virtual roller coaster ride tell us about migraine?

When experiencing the ups and downs of a virtual roller coaster ride, people who get migraine headaches reported more dizziness and motion sickness than people who do not get migraines, according to a new study.

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Science Daily

What does a virtual roller coaster ride tell us about migraine?

Science Daily

Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

There are many reasons that an intranasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be helpful in the fight against COVID-19 infections, immunologists write in a new article.

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Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

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Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning

Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, according to a new review.

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Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning

Science Daily

Americans with higher net worth at midlife tend to live longer

In a wealth and longevity study to incorporate siblings and twin pair data, researchers analyzed the midlife net worth of adults (mean age 46.7 years) and their mortality rates 24 years later. They discovered those with greater wealth at midlife tended to live longer.

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Americans with higher net worth at midlife tend to live longer

Science Daily

Better healthcare management can reduce the risk of delirium among older adults

New research by an Executive PhD Research student at the Business School (formerly Cass) outlines how elderly patients with neurological conditions are significantly more likely to develop delirium shortly after they are hospitalised, and those admitted on Sunday and Tuesday are more likely to develop ...

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Science Daily

Better healthcare management can reduce the risk of delirium among older adults

Science Daily

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in the brain of mice. The study found that mice can willfully manipulate these random dopamine pulses for reward.

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'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

New York Times Science

Astronomers See Moons Forming in Disk Around Distant Exoplanet

Scientists have never before gotten such a clear view of moons in the making.

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New York Times Science

Astronomers See Moons Forming in Disk Around Distant Exoplanet

New York Times Science

Montana's Famed Trout Under Threat as Drought Intensifies

The state is imposing more restrictions on fishing this year as the combination of extreme conditions, including low river levels, fish die-offs and the crush of anglers, poses long-term problems.

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New York Times Science

Montana's Famed Trout Under Threat as Drought Intensifies

New York Times Science

It's a Grizzly Bear Survival Program. For Grizzly Bears.

In British Columbia, researchers have undertaken a unique challenge: tracking orphan grizzly cubs, reared in a shelter, to see whether they can thrive back in the wild.

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New York Times Science

It's a Grizzly Bear Survival Program. For Grizzly Bears.

New York Times Science

Scientists Finish the Human Genome at Last

The complete genome uncovered more than 100 new genes that are probably functional, and many new variants that may be linked to diseases.

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New York Times Science

Scientists Finish the Human Genome at Last

New York Times Science

Australia's Trash Parrots Invent New Skill in Suburbs

Sydney's clever and adaptable sulfur-crested cockatoos learn how to pry open garbage bins by watching one another.

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New York Times Science

Australia's Trash Parrots Invent New Skill in Suburbs

New York Times Science

Inside Mars, NASA's InSight Mission Mapped Surprises Down to the Core

NASA's InSight mission revealed Mars's inner workings down to its core, highlighting great differences of the red planet from our blue world.

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New York Times Science

Inside Mars, NASA's InSight Mission Mapped Surprises Down to the Core