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How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis

Do fruit flies remember their larval lives? To find out, scientists made the neurons inside larvae glow, then tracked how they reshuffled as they formed adult brains......»»

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Sweat Is Helping You Survive Climate Change

It's gross. It’s sticky. Here’s the science of how it has already saved your life......»»

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New York Needs to Get Spongier—or Get Used to More Floods

Devastating deluges around the world point to the metropolis of tomorrow: the “sponge city.” Think more parks and fewer parking lots......»»

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New York City Is Drowning

Heavy rainfall led to dangerous flash flooding in New York City and surrounding areas this morning......»»

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Which Spider-Man Is Stronger: Tobey Maguire or Tom Holland?

To figure it out, you’ll need two similar feats of superhero strength and a little bit of physics......»»

Source:  WiredCategory: GadgetSep 29th, 2023Related News

A Revelation About Trees Is Messing With Climate Calculations

Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called “sesquiterpenes.” Scientists are learning more—and it’s making climate models hazy......»»

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An Epic Fight Over What Really Killed the Dinosaurs

A deep learning model has joined a vigorous debate over whether volcanoes began dinosaur doomsday well before the asteroid hit......»»

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DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It"s a Privacy Nightmare

Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial database, it can used for other purposes......»»

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Scientists Have an Audacious Plan to Map the Ancient World Before It Disappears

Buried civilizations could soon become inaccessible forever. Archaeologists have to move fast, so they’re turning to the latest ground-scanning tech......»»

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Another Person Just Got a Pig Heart. Scientists Have a Plan to Make It Last

The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer......»»

Source:  WiredCategory: GadgetSep 27th, 2023Related News

The Mysterious ‘Warming Hole’ in the Middle of the US

The world is rapidly heating. So why has the central US been weirdly cool compared to the rest of the country?.....»»

Source:  WiredCategory: GadgetSep 27th, 2023Related News

The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse

Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol......»»

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Another Person Just Got a Pig Heart. Scientists Have a Plan to Make it Last

The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer......»»

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Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet

Extreme rain is getting more extreme as temperatures rise. That may seem counterintuitive, but the underlying physics is crystal clear......»»

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How NASA Is Protecting Its Precious Asteroid Bennu Sample

The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a "treasure trove" of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it......»»

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How to Make a Pig Heart Transplant Last in a Person

The first human to receive a genetically engineered pig heart survived two months. Surgeons are hoping this transplant will last longer......»»

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The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light

In some subterranean aquifers, cells have a chemical trick for making oxygen. It offers new insight into how life survives deep underground on Earth—and where it might lurk in space......»»

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The World’s Largest—and Stinkiest—Flower Is in Danger of Extinction

The 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to the destruction of forest habitats......»»

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Behold the Latest Treasures Unearthed at Mexico City"s Templo Mayor

A stone chest with 15 anthropomorphic sculptures and numerous beads, shells, and corals have been discovered in the heart of the ancient Aztec capital......»»

Source:  WiredCategory: GadgetSep 23rd, 2023Related News

Inside the Race to Stop a Deadly Viral Outbreak in India

Quick thinking and medical sleuthing allowed Kerala to contain a potentially disastrous Nipah virus outbreak this month—but with viral spillovers happening more frequently, containment is a fragile shield......»»

Source:  WiredCategory: GadgetSep 22nd, 2023Related News