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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier on Tuesday for their experiments that “have…
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into electrons in "flashes of light".
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Early one morning last month, Laura Dudley Plimpton found herself in Forest Park, in Queens, staring at a pair of captured raccoons. It was…
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The day almost two years ago when Harvard Business School informed Francesca Gino, a prominent professor, that she was being investigated…
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When Eileen Kelly began a blog, “Killer and a Sweet Thing,” in 2016 that focused on mental and sexual health, it was rare to see sites…
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We have discovered a lot in this universe. Planets that orbit stars at right angles. Forbidden worlds that have cheated death. Space…
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In August, a black bear bit a man who was camping in Colorado, officials released a statement about “bear activity” in Tennessee after one…
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In the 1970s, soft-shell clams started mysteriously dying off in Maine and the Chesapeake Bay. Years later, scientists identified the…
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Last November, a satellite in low-Earth orbit unfurled into an expansive array that extends across nearly 700 square feet, about the size of…
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, who together identified a chemical tweak to messenger RNA that laid the foundation for vaccines against…
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Companies in England and Wales want to charge up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.
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"Gas physics suggests you shouldn't be able to make objects with the mass of Jupiter on their own, and we know single planets can get kicked…
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There is a memorable scene in “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster film about the building of the atomic bomb, in which Luis Alvarez, a physicist…
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Evelyn Fox Keller, a theoretical physicist, a mathematical biologist and, beginning in the late 1970s, a feminist theorist who explored the…
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Hunter-gatherer societies on the Iberian Peninsula were making sophisticated baskets with decorative geometric patterns 9,500 years ago,…
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It has never been easy for Mary Cole to support herself and the 19-year-old grandson who lives with her in Bristol, Va., on her monthly $914…
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Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.
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More than half a million Medicaid recipients diagnosed with opioid use disorder did not receive medication to treat it in 2021, according to…
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A team of 11 scientists reported in March in the journal Nature that they had discovered a room-temperature superconductor. Eight of those…
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The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it was moving to close what has widely been viewed as a loophole allowing certain lab…
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It was the morning of May 1, and the Italian village of Cocullo was almost unrecognizable. The typical placidity of its quiet alleys and…
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The world spends at least $22 billion every year to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria, dengue and other devastating diseases.That money…
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Along hundreds of miles of Lake Victoria’s shoreline in Kenya, a squadron of young scientists and an army of volunteers are waging an…
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It said it would continue to ensure all future funding decisions are "fully informed by, and reflect, the current and future risks that fire…
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Plastic cutlery is banned under new rules but plastic containers for takeaway and shop bought meals are not.
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Try to imagine Saturn without its signature rings. Now picture two large icy moons shifting closer together little by little until — boom.…
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Nobel Prize season is upon us once again. Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name laureates in a variety of prizes in the…
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M. S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful…
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A NASA astronaut safely returned to Earth on Wednesday after spending 371 days in space, a record in spaceflight for American…
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A NASA astronaut safely returned to Earth on Wednesday after spending 371 days in space, a record in spaceflight for American…
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Antimatter just lost a little more pizazz.Physicists know that for every fundamental particle in nature there is an antiparticle — an evil…
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Endel Tulving, whose insights into the structure of human memory and the way we recall the past revolutionized the field of cognitive…
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The loss of Britain's wildlife is outpacing efforts to conserve and protect nature, a major report reveals.
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A big obstacle, though, continues to be resistance to vaccination among nurses and aides. Like many facility owners, Avalon Health Care…
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Somehow matter overcame antimatter in those first moments of creation. How it responds to gravity, may hold the key, according to Dr…
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Antimatter just lost a little more pizazz.Physicists know that for every fundamental particle in nature there is an antiparticle — an evil…
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Fairy circles inspire wonder in viewers and fuel contention among experts. For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the…
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Habitats and wildlife impacted by development would be given a biodiversity value using a government-developed metric 'calculator': from…
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They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.
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For a 7,600-pound Asian elephant, simply putting one foot in front of the other can be a high-stakes proposition: A trip or tumble can…
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Regulator Ofwat orders companies to return £114m to households by cutting bills after missing targets.
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Millions of years ago, this desert in Peru was a gathering place for fantastical sea creatures: whales that walked, dolphins with walrus…
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The Key Number: 3.88 megajoules.The experiment in December generated a whirlwind of accolades when it produced about three megajoules of…
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The NumbersThe research examined the age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online dispensaries, based in 32 states, that sell…
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The pangolin is an absurd animal, a mammal that’s dressed up as a reptile with a coat of scales, sharp claws and sticky saliva. Wildlife…
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It’s been about 250 million years since reptile-like animals evolved into mammals. Now a team of scientists is predicting that mammals may…
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In 1842, a vast, nearly intact skeleton was unearthed on a plantation in Alabama; it was soon identified as a member of Basilosaurus, a…
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The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.
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With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.
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It is a grandiose scheme by a Chinese company to build a self-contained tourist city. A Chinese colony, some have called it a venue for…
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