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6 years ago+19 19 0New antibiotic family discovered in dirt
The compounds are called malacidins and can kill several stubborn infections, including superbug MRSA.
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6 years ago+20 20 0Researchers discover efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water
With two billion people worldwide lacking access to clean and safe drinking water, joint research by Monash University, CSIRO and the University of Texas at Austin published today in Sciences Advances may offer a breakthrough new solution.
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6 years ago+22 22 0We asked, you voted: 89 percent said no to Trump’s military parade
More than 51,000 Military Times readers have expressed their views on President Donald Trump's parade request.
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6 years ago+20 20 0Hubble’s View of Little Blue Dots - Sky & Telescope
The recent discovery of a new type of tiny, star-forming galaxy is the latest in a zoo of detections shedding light on our early universe. What can we learn from the unique “little blue dots” found in archival Hubble data?
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6 years ago+23 23 0The 'Firefly' canon is expanding with a series of original books
It may sound like something out of science-fiction, but it's true: More Firefly stories are on the way. EW can exclusively report…
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6 years ago+9 9 0Solar Eclipse Made Bow Waves in Earth's Atmosphere - Sky & Telescope
The Great American total solar eclipse is months behind us, but we're still learning how the Moon, Sun, and Earth interact. New analysis shows that the supersonic motion of the Moon's shadow across the continental U.S. created bow waves in ...
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6 years ago+15 15 0Exclusive: ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US
The system gives the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency access to billions of license plate records and new powers of real-time location tracking.
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6 years ago+31 31 0Jupiter's Cloud Belts
Enhanced color image from Juno
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6 years ago+26 26 0Vladimir Putin offers fired FBI director James Comey asylum in Russia
Vladimir Putin has joked that the fired FBI director James Comey is welcome to seek asylum in Russia. Speaking in his annual question and answer session in Moscow, the Russian President said it was "very strange" that the FBI official had l ...
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7 years ago+30 30 0GMS: Hubble Detects a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a quasar named 3C 186 that is offset from the center of its galaxy. Astronomers hypothesize that this supermassive black hole was jettisoned from the center of its galaxy by the recoil from gravitationa ...
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7 years ago+7 7 0New Dwarf Planet Found in Our Solar System
The object is 530 kilometers across, and lurks in a region beyond Pluto
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7 years ago+30 30 0Secret of connection between dogs and humans could be genetic
Scientists have found a handful of genes that they may be linked to the tendency for dogs to seek human help and contact
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7 years ago+17 17 0Record-breaking extragalactic gamma-ray binary found – Astronomy Now
30 September 2016 Astronomy Now
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7 years ago+50 50 0 x 1Arnold Palmer: 'The King' of golf dies at 87
Before accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, Arnold Palmer shared a few laughs with President George W. Bush and gave the commander in chief a few golf tips in the East Room of the White House.
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7 years ago+27 27 0Sounding Rocket Solves One Cosmic Mystery, Reveals Another
The sources of X-rays observed in space have been contended for decades. The DXL sounding rocket provided insight into the source of some -- but this small mission also found an entire group of X-rays that don’t come from any known source.
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7 years ago+42 42 0 x 1Jose Fernandez Dies In Boating Accident
In stunning and tragic news, one of baseball's preeminent young stars, Marlins right-hander Jose Fernandez, died in a boating accident …
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7 years ago+18 18 0Exploring the Birth of Binary Stars
More than half of all stars are thought to be in binary or multiple star systems. But how do these systems form? The misaligned spins of some binary protostars might provide a clue.
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7 years ago+3 3 0Of Dwarf Galaxies and Voids - Sky & Telescope
Living in voids might be tangentially responsible for three small galaxies’ recent flurries of starbirth.
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7 years ago+22 22 0Darwin’s Dogs wants your dog’s DNA
The Darwin’s Dogs citizen science project is collecting canine DNA to better understand dog genetics and behavior.
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7 years ago+15 15 0Star snapped before and after nova explosion - BBC News
Astronomers capture rare images of a white dwarf - before, during and after it exploded as a "classical nova".