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The combined effort of NASA’s Swift satellite, the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton observatory, and several…
DNA sequencing is getting faster and cheaper, and clinicians are now finding uses for it…
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There is more and more scientific criticism over a study that claims that genetically modified…
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Using Curiosity’s arm-mounted Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument and the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam)…
The conclusion of Pew Research Center’s latest study is that a new generation of consumers…
People tend to have less self-control when dealing with online problems and issues, whether it’s…
Beekeepers in northeastern France were shocked to find their honey mysteriously turning shades of blue…
An 11-year-old boy, Zhenya Salinder, discovered a well-preserved mammoth carcass in the permafrost of Northern…
A team of MIT chemists revealed how they developed a method for drawing gas sensors…
R Sculptoris, an elderly star, located 1,500 light-years from Earth, has been observed in the…
Obscurants, which are basically metallic dust clouds, have been in use for years in order…
Most of the actions that people take for granted are the result of a set…
A new study of fossils in New Zealand has discovered that cloning dinosaurs or organisms…