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+36Saving Florida's only population of rare, endangered orchid from extinction
Researchers have pinpointed the biggest threats to the only population of rare, endangered mule ear orchids in the U.S.
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+40Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer
Scientists at UChicago discover that trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), a fatty acid found in beef, lamb, and dairy products, improves the ability of immune cells to fight tumors.
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+51New York just installed its first offshore wind turbine
The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State's first offshore wind farm, is complete.
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+53Scientists Have Finally Figured Out What Ignites Endless Itching in Eczema
The unbearable itch that accompanies the chronic inflammatory skin condition eczema has a new culprit.
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+50The Rolling Stones are hitting the road next year on a tour sponsored by AARP
After 60 years, The Rolling Stones are still going strong and gearing up for another concert tour.
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+43Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
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+40NYC Will Soon Be Home to 15 Robot-Run Vegetarian Restaurants From Chipotle’s Founder
"We’ve taken a lot of human interaction out of the process and left just enough."
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+48Fedoras in Space! Red Hat helps with NASA's Artemis Lunar missions
Lockheed Martin uses Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to host NASA's Artemis mission simulations.
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+36Global warming might not happen quite as fast as we thought – here’s why
Plants will absorb more carbon dioxide than predicted, meaning models could be overestimating the speed which the planet will heat up
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+37Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse – but their basic maths may be wrong
The universe appears to be fine-tuned for life to evolve.
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+37Ubiquitous nanoplastics found to cause Parkinson’s disease
New research is finding that nanoplastics aggregate in the brain causing certain forms of dementia.
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+46Recor Medical and Otsuka Medical Devices Announce First FDA-Approved Renal Denervation System for the Treatment of Hypertension - Recor Medical
Approval of the Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation system makes innovative hypertension treatment available for the first time in the U.S. Palo Alto, Calif. – November 7, 2023 – Recor Medical, Inc. (“Recor”) and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Medical Devices”) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Recor’s Paradise™ Ultrasound...
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+39Where Do Millions of Snakes Disappear to?
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+34Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket and spacecraft lost in second test flight | CNN
SpaceX reached several milestones in its Starship rocket system’s second integrated test flight before losing the booster and spacecraft.
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+29More States Require Schools to Teach Cursive Writing. Why?
Technological advances notwithstanding, advocates give a long list of reasons for teaching students cursive.
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+40Magicians less prone to mental disorders than other artists, finds research
Aberystwyth University study first to show a creative group with lower scores on psychotic traits than general population
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+48AI chemist finds molecule to make oxygen on Mars after sifting through millions
The system calculated more than 3.7 million molecules it could make from six different metallic elements in the rocks.
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+50The world is awash in plastic. Oil producers want a say in how it's cleaned up
Almost every piece of plastic is made from fossil fuels. Fossil fuel companies, plastic producers and some consumer goods companies could weaken the treaty.
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+47Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center.
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+27'It feels like I'm not crazy.' Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map
The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.