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Lily the Barn Owl and Innovative Technology Reveals How Birds Fly in Gusty Winds
Lily the barn owl demonstrates wing-morphing to cope with gusts in flight. Credit: Cheney et al 2020 Scientists from the…
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Simple Software Creates Complex Wooden Joints That Interlock With No Nails, Glue, or Tools Needed
Complex interlocking components mean no tools are needed. Credit: © Larsson et al. An interactive system to design and fabricate…
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Diabolical Ironclad Beetle: Design Secrets of Insect That Can Survive Getting Run Over by a Car
Native to desert habitats in Southern California, the diabolical ironclad beetle has an exoskeleton that’s one of the toughest, most…
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Researchers Use “Artificial Grammars” to Show Building Blocks of Language Evolved 30–40 Million Years Ago
Chimpanzee Angie, who was studied at the National Center for Chimpanzee Care in Texas. Credit: University of Warwick Language is…
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SOFISM: Microscopy Beyond the Resolution Limit
Image of microtubules in a fixed cell sample. A 3 microns x 3 microns confocal scan of microtubules in a…
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US Army Special Forces Veteran Creates New Robot Combat Sport Trainer ‘RXT-1’
RXT-1, a robotic combat trainer created by a US. Army Special Forces Veteran, has finally arrived! Its main purpose is…
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Lost and Found: Geologists “Resurrect” Missing Tectonic Plate That Some Argued Was Never Real
(l-r) Jonny Wu, assistant professor of geology in the UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Spencer Fuston, a…
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Planning for the Worst: Meet NASA Engineer Overseeing First Asteroid Return Mission
Estelle Church. Credit: Courtesy Estelle Church Name: Estelle Church Title: Systems Engineer and OSIRIS-REx Deputy TAG Phase Lead at Lockheed…
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“Incredible Feat” – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation,…
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Betelgeuse Now 25% Closer to Earth and May Go Supernova Earlier than Expected, Leaving Orion Constellation So Soon?
The overworked red supergiant star Betelgeuse is actually nearer to Earth’s proximity by 25 percent, according to studies, and is…
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Scientists Crack Quantum Physics Puzzle
Scientists have re-investigated a sixty-year-old idea by the American physicist P.W. Anderson and provided new insights into the quantum world.…
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How Water Can Affect Its Own Filtration to Create Highly Selective Membranes, Such As Virus Filters
The subnanoporous liquid-crystalline water treatment membrane can be highly selective about what it lets pass through. Credit: © 2020 Kato…
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here’s how to see it.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight into tomorrow morning (Oct. 20-21), and the moon will be dim enough that skygazers…
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Iconic Food Web Threatened by Climate Change
Dogwhelks feed on barnacles on the shores of Swan’s Island in Maine. A new study documents the decline of these…
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Viral Factor Identified That Impairs Immune Responses in COVID-19 Patients
One of the features distinguishing SARS-CoV-2 from its more pathogenic counterpart SARS-CoV is the presence of premature stop codons in…
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Gene Discovered That Helps Us Know When It’s Time to Urinate
Researchers discovered that a gene called PIEZO2 may help us sense when our bladders are full, and it is time…
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Live Landing Coverage of the Return to Earth for Space Station Crew
The Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with…
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International Space Station Air Leak Sealed – At Least Temporarily
The sun’s first rays burst over the Earth’s horizon during an orbital sunrise as the International Space Station orbited above…
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First of Their Kind “Shell Structures” Found in Milky Way – Evidence of Galactic Collision
Stars identified in the research have formed “shell structures” in the aftermath of a radial merger occurring 3-billion years ago.…
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NASA Building New State-of-the-Art Labs to Study New Asteroid Samples, Cosmic Mysteries
This illustration shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University…