U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting it up for additional approvals around the world.

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US Pentagon's space-based energy beam could one day power entire cities

Scientists have reassured it would be 'exceedingly difficult, if not impossible' to weaponise the solar energy.

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Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal process

New research provides evidence of a link between time perception and suicide.

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Could solar panels and batteries on your home help prevent the next grid disaster?

Even small systems like those that kept the lights on for some Texas homeowners could play a role in protecting the bigger electricity system, experts say.

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Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. This image was acquired on Feb. 24, 2021 (Sol 3) at the local mean solar time of 16:22:38.

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Quantum communication device could create limitless data capacity

California researchers discovered a way to leverage an unused property of light to apply the unrestricted nature of the quantum domain to wireless communication, creating a new type of channel with infinite capacity that could make looming data limitations irrelevant.

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Fleets of radar satellites are measuring movements on Earth like never before

With a surge in InSAR data, researchers are monitoring slipping faults, flowing ice, inflating volcanoes, and sinking croplands

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NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars is carrying an adorable 'family portrait' of Martian rovers

NASA's Perseverance rover has brought the "family portrait" bumper sticker fad to a whole new world.

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Over 80% of Atlantic Rainforest remnants have been impacted by human activity

A Brazilian study published in Nature Communications shows that human activities have directly or indirectly caused biodiversity and biomass losses in over 80% of the remaining Atlantic Rainforest fragments.

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Traffic Noise Is a Silent Killer

The ruckus of cars and planes can damage not just your ears, but also your heart.

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A ‘digital twin’ of Earth will help scientists to predict the future

Scientists are building a highly accurate digital simulation of planet Earth to provide reliable information about extreme weather and climate change. This “digital twin” will be a virtual representation of as many processes on the planet’s surface as possible including human impact on water, food and energy systems.

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'Night owls' may be twice as likely as morning 'larks' to underperform at work

Night 'owls' may be twice as likely as morning 'larks' to underperform at work and to run a heightened risk of early retirement due to disability, finds research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

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‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos

It’s hard to feel connected to someone who’s gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI-powered photo enhancements is now offering a new service that can animate people in old photos creating a short video that looks like it was recorded while they posed and prepped for the portrait.

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Sure, Laugh Away. But Every Big Vehicle Should Look Like the New USPS Truck

We admit it’s goofy-looking, but it’s a much safer design for crowded cities.

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Our Brains “See” Beams Of Motion Emanating From People’s Faces Towards The Object Of Their Attention

Back in the 1970s, the developmental psychologist Jean Piaget discovered that, if you ask young children to explain the mechanics of vision as they understand them, their answers tend to reveal the exact same misconception: that the eyes emit some sort of immaterial substance into the environment and capture the sights of objects much like a projector.

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Rare bee missing for a century rediscovered in Australia

Species which targets specific rainforest flowers was last seen in 1923

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Hackers Tied to Russia's GRU Targeted the US Grid for Years

A Sandworm-adjacent group has successfully breached US critical infrastructure a handful of times, according to new findings from the security firm Dragos.

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Rare bird: 'Half-male, half-female' cardinal snapped in Pennsylvania

Jamie Hill said taking the stunning photos of the northern cardinal was "once in a lifetime".

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Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market

During the Texas cold snap prices jumped 30,000%. We can't allow it to happen here.

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Experts Ponder Nuclear Rockets To Send Humans To Mars

When NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the Martian surface last week, humans cheered from the confines of planet Earth. But if the space agency or others hope to leave and send astronauts to Mars, experts say they need to consider a technology that was studied decades ago but never fully developed: nuclear-powered rockets.

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NASA Sent a Secret Message to Mars. Meet the People Who Decoded It.

Engineers hinted they had hidden a code in the parachute that landed the Perseverance rover. Within hours, puzzle enthusiasts cracked it.

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Quantum Science to Deliver Cutting-Edge Technology to Warfighters, Official Says

During Engineers Week, the Defense Department is highlighting its efforts to develop a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce and to increase understanding of and interest in engineering and technology.

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10 Mental Models to Train Your Brain to Think in better Ways

You are what you think. Understanding this is essential to start thinking in more useful ways. Why do two heads think better than one and four heads think better than two? It’s because we’re all limited by our own experiences and biases. How can we overcome this?

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Driverless cars successfully tested in Las Vegas

The first autonomous cars without a safety driver at the wheel were successfully tested in Las Vegas this month, automotive technology start-up Motional announced Monday. 

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Binning single-use plastic for good: how businesses are preparing for SA's plastic ban

The countdown is on until South Australia's single-use plastics ban begins to roll out, with business owners preparing for the change next week.

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Dogs synchronize their behavior with children, but not as much as with adults, study finds

Dogs synchronize their behavior with the children in their family, but not as much as they do with adults, a new study from Oregon State University researchers found. The findings are important because there is a growing body of evidence that dogs can help children in many ways, including with social development, increasing physical activity, managing anxiety or as a source of attachment in the face of changing family structures, the researchers said. Yet, very little research has focused on how dogs perceive and socially engage with children.

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As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business

Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business.

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Extinction: Freshwater fish in 'catastrophic' decline

Numbers are plunging due to pollution, unsustainable fishing and the draining of rivers.

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“Tidal wave” of new wind and solar will force early coal plant closures

Many of Australia’s coal-fired generators are facing unplanned and early retirements as revenues fall to unsustainable levels, according to a new analysis that finds a surge in wind and solar investment is pushing coal out of the electricity market.

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NASA releases stunning new video of Perseverance rover landing on Mars

NASA released stunning new video for the first time Monday from its Perseverance rover's audacious landing on Mars last week. The footage, shot from multiple cameras, captures the rover's entry, descent and landing on the red planet's Jezero Crater on Feb. 18.

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Research helps solar technology become more affordable

Scientists at The University of Manchester have found a way to accelerate the uptake of solar technology, by increasing the environmental safety of perovskite solar cells.

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Martian rover sends back ‘overwhelming’ video, audio from the Red Planet

Just four martian days after touching down on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back its first video of its new home: a 1-minute arabesque of color and motion captured from four on-board cameras, as the car-size rover dangles from its rocket-propelled descent vehicle, a red-and-white parachute snaps into place, and the pitted surface of Mars comes slowly into view, dark canyons giving way to ripples of dust that look like giant, rust-colored dunes (see video, above).

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Fuel for earliest life forms: organic molecules found in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks

For the first time, biologically-relevant organic molecules have been detected in Archaean fluid inclusions, which most likely served as nutrients for early life on Earth.

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Biocrusts Are an Entire World Beneath Our Feet

New research in Brazil highlights how distinctive the "living skin" of the planet can be.

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People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests

Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation

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Passenger jet lands safely after suspected engine explosion rains debris on Denver neighbourhoods

No passengers or nearby residents suffered injuries following the explosion, police say

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Neanderthals died out after Earth's magnetic poles flipped, causing a climate crisis 42,000 years ago, a study says

Earth saw a lot of commotion when its magnetic poles flipped 42,000 years ago. Scientists have known about the flip since the late 1960s. Earth's magnetic poles aren't static - they're generated by electric currents from the planet's liquid outer core, which is constantly in motion. As of late, Earth's magnetic North pole has wandered considerably on a path toward northern Russia.

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Researchers Create DNA Modified "Super Soldiers" to Fight Cancer

Could this be the cure we have all been waiting for? Step inside.

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This Ferret Died 33 Years Ago. Scientists Just Brought Her Back to Life.

For the first time, scientists have cloned an endangered U.S. species: a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann, whose donor has been dead for more than 30 years. After the original ferret, Willa, died in 1988, scientists froze her body to preserve her genetic material, hoping to someday perform an experiment like this.

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How to have better arguments online

The long read: The troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well

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New Projects Combine Vertical Farming With Affordable Housing

A new project utilizes unused space inside affordable housing blocks to implement multistory vertical farming greenhouses. In an interview with Fast Company, Nona Yehia, CEO of Vertical Harvest, describes how "bringing the farm back to the city center can have a lot of benefits."

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Meet Farfarout, the Most Distant Object in the Solar System

The new planetoid unseats Farout, which held the title for about two years

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Boys who play video games have lower depression risk

Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher.

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Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago

The temporary breakdown of Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW Sydney and the South Australian Museum shows.

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Researchers observe stationary Hawking radiation in an analog black hole

Black holes are regions in space where gravity is very strong—so strong that nothing that enters them can escape, including light. Theoretical predictions suggest that there is a radius surrounding black holes known as the event horizon. Once something passes the event horizon, it can no longer escape a black hole, as gravity becomes stronger as it approaches its center.

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Extreme winter storms aren’t inconsistent with global warming and will continue for decades, expert says

The massive winter storm that buried much of the United States in snow this week is not inconsistent with climate change, a leading expert told Yahoo News.

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Scientists have cloned the first US endangered species: A black-footed ferret that died 30 years ago

Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But watch out — unlike the domestic ferret foster mom who carried her into the world, she’s wild at heart.

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Why flu activity is 'unusually low' during the coronavirus crisis and how to keep it going

In a typical year, rising flu cases would be dominating the headlines in January. Not in 2021.

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A new UN report urges a radical shift in the way we think about nature

The United Nations released a report Thursday on the health of the planet that proposes a radical shift in the way mankind thinks about it.

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Why Do We Keep Using the Word “Caucasian”?

When a term signifies something that does not exist, we need to examine our use of it.

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