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WIRED Science

This Prairie Grassland Project Collects Native Seeds

Young members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community are learning how to identify and save local grasses as part of an effort to restore the land.

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This Prairie Grassland Project Collects Native Seeds

WIRED Science

New Booster Approvals, Data on Kids' Shots, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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WIRED Science

New Booster Approvals, Data on Kids' Shots, and More News

WIRED Science

If Clouds Are Made of Water, How Do They Stay in the Air?

Despite the conventional wisdom, they don't really float.

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If Clouds Are Made of Water, How Do They Stay in the Air?

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States Are Toughening Up on Genetic Privacy

California's SB 41 is the latest to tighten regulations on the sensitive data collected by companies like 23andMe or Ancestry.

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States Are Toughening Up on Genetic Privacy

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This Protein Predicts a Brain's Future After Traumatic Injury

A blood test of "NfL" proteins answers questions about damage severity that doctors"and families"desperately need.

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WIRED Science

This Protein Predicts a Brain's Future After Traumatic Injury

Singularity HUB

Would We Still See Ourselves as "Human" if Other Hominin Species Hadn't Gone Extinct"

In our mythologies, there's often a singular moment when we became "human." Eve plucked the fruit of the tree of knowledge and gained awareness of good and evil. Prometheus created men from clay and gave them fire. But in the modern origin story, evolution, there's no defining moment of creation. Instead, ...

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Would We Still See Ourselves as "Human" if Other Hominin Species Hadn't Gone Extinct"

Science - The Verge

NASA now aims to launch massive next-generation rocket on debut flight in early 2022

NASA/Frank Michaux NASA is aiming to fly its massive, next-generation rocket, the Space Launch System, for the first time in February of 2022, a critical test flight on NASA's journey to send people back to the Moon. However, plenty of tests still need to go well before the much-delayed ...

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Science - The Verge

NASA now aims to launch massive next-generation rocket on debut flight in early 2022

Science - The Verge

Razer's futuristic Zephyr mask is available today, starting at $99.99

The Zephyr is apparently light enough to accompany you on a jog, assuming you want some extra attention. | Razer Razer's Zephyr face mask is available to the public after several months of tweaking features and beta testing with Razer super fans. You can purchase it starting tonight ...

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Science - The Verge

Razer's futuristic Zephyr mask is available today, starting at $99.99

Science - The Verge

Critics and supporters come out in force to discuss SpaceX's plans to launch from South Texas

SpaceX stacking its Starship spacecraft on top of a Super Heavy booster at the company's launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. | Image: SpaceX This week, a vibrant mixture of supporters and critics voiced their opinions about SpaceX's launch operations in Boca Chica, Texas during ...

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Science - The Verge

Critics and supporters come out in force to discuss SpaceX's plans to launch from South Texas

Yahoo Science

New infant planet discovered by researchers in Hawaii

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New infant planet discovered by researchers in Hawaii

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People who've had COVID-19 are facing memory problems months after contracting the disease, new study says: 'They can't think'

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People who've had COVID-19 are facing memory problems months after contracting the disease, new study says: 'They can't think'

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Greta Thunberg: 'We need public pressure, not just summits'

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Greta Thunberg: 'We need public pressure, not just summits'

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Prince Charles warns of narrow window to face climate change

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Prince Charles warns of narrow window to face climate change

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Photos and video show how NASA stacked its next moon rocket taller than the Statue of Liberty

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Photos and video show how NASA stacked its next moon rocket taller than the Statue of Liberty

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Earliest evidence of tobacco used by hunter-gatherers in the US West 12,000 years ago, discovered by archaeologists

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Earliest evidence of tobacco used by hunter-gatherers in the US West 12,000 years ago, discovered by archaeologists

Science Daily

Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs

Engineers have developed a way to print stretchy LEDs on unconventional surfaces using an inkjet printer.

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Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs

Science Daily

Controlling light with a material three atoms thick

Thin structures made of black phosphorus can tune the properties of light, with implications for science and technology.

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Science Daily

Controlling light with a material three atoms thick

Science Daily

Researchers map neurons in the brain involved with social interactions with others in groups

In social experiments, three monkeys sat around a rotary table and took turns offering food to one of the other two monkeys. Certain neurons in the brain responded to the actions of other monkeys in the group and influenced an animal's upcoming decisions to reciprocate or retaliate.

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Researchers map neurons in the brain involved with social interactions with others in groups

Science Daily

Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution

At the root of global climate change and the worldwide plastics problem are two related carbon-based fuels -- oil and natural gas. Not only are the two among the key drivers of climate change, they are instrumental in the manufacturing of plastics. As storms intensify and become more frequent, the movement ...

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Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution

Science Daily

Bat study reveals secrets of the social brain

Neuroscientists used wireless devices to record the neural activity of freely interacting Egyptian fruit bats, providing researchers with the first glimpse into how the brains of social mammals process complex group interactions.

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Bat study reveals secrets of the social brain

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New material could pave the way for better, safer batteries

A material derived from trees could potentially replace liquid electrolytes in next-generation batteries.

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New material could pave the way for better, safer batteries

New York Times Science

A Future for People With Disabilities in Outer Space Takes Flight

People with different types of disabilities tested their skills and technologies on a zero-gravity research flight with the goal of proving that they can safely go to space.

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New York Times Science

A Future for People With Disabilities in Outer Space Takes Flight

New York Times Science

NASA Planning Moon Launch in 2022

A flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule without astronauts aboard is planned for early next year, a first, long-delayed step toward returning astronauts to the moon's surface.

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New York Times Science

NASA Planning Moon Launch in 2022

New York Times Science

Dinosaurs May Have Been Socializing Nearly 200 Million Years Ago

A trove of fossilized eggs and skeletons in Argentina revealed that some dinosaurs likely traveled in herds and socialized by age.

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New York Times Science

Dinosaurs May Have Been Socializing Nearly 200 Million Years Ago

New York Times Science

Dying Satellite, Not U.F.O. or Meteor, Likely Caused Midwest Fireball

The fiery trail astonished viewers in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, but a Russian military spacecraft was the probable source.

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New York Times Science

Dying Satellite, Not U.F.O. or Meteor, Likely Caused Midwest Fireball

New York Times Science

Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems

Scientists identified the genes that played a role in many female elephants of Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park being born without tusks.

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New York Times Science

Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems

New York Times Science

N.I.H. Says Bat Research Group Failed to Submit Prompt Virus Findings

The federal agency told a G.O.P. House member that it had notified EcoHealth Alliance, a group criticized for its U.S.-funded work with Wuhan scientists, to file data within five days.

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New York Times Science

N.I.H. Says Bat Research Group Failed to Submit Prompt Virus Findings