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A Person of Color With Crohn’s Disease

A Person of Color With Crohn’s Disease

Despite her insurance and health care, it took decades for her to get a Crohn's...

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It may be possible to traverse a wormhole and then send a signal home

It may be possible to traverse a wormhole and then send...

When matter falls into a wormhole, the wormhole is expected to collapse – but a...

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Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in direct messages exposed

Twitter security flaw may leave videos sent in direct messages...

Videos sent in Twitter direct messages can theoretically be viewed by anyone, a...

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Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not sure why

Parasitic DNA makes us age faster - but we're not sure...

Genetic parasites called retrotransposons become more active as we age, and an animal...

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Fish see in the dark thanks to extra layers of rod cells in their eyes

Fish see in the dark thanks to extra layers of rod cells...

Visual tests in nocturnal coral fish reveal how multiple layers of rod cells at...

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Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 people a year

Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 people...

Inadequate numbers of bees and other pollinators have a huge impact on human health...

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Stimulating the brainstem may make cochlear implants more effective

Stimulating the brainstem may make cochlear implants more...

In a study in rats, artificially stimulating the locus coeruleus in the animals'...

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Super-absorbent towel soaks up liquids better than cloth or paper

Super-absorbent towel soaks up liquids better than cloth...

A hydrogel mesh made from vinegar, baking soda, glycerol and alcohol sucks up water...

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NASA’s InSight lander has been declared dead after four years on Mars

NASA’s InSight lander has been declared dead after four...

Over the course of its time on Mars, the InSight lander measured 1319 marsquakes,...

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam...

More than three-quarters of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes sampled in Vietnam and Cambodia...

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Gene therapy restored immune system in children with rare disorder

Gene therapy restored immune system in children with rare...

Ten children with the rare condition Artemis-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency...

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We saw the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy in 2022

We saw the supermassive black hole at the centre of our...

Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope released a picture in May of Sagittarius...

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A sneak peek at the biggest science news stories of 2023

A sneak peek at the biggest science news stories of 2023

What are you looking forward to reading about in 2023? Whether it is health, physics,...

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California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing emissions

California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing...

The state's ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2045 relies on carbon offsets...

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Polar vortex is set to drive record cold temperatures in the US

Polar vortex is set to drive record cold temperatures in...

An intense winter storm is expected to bring wind chills as low as -70°F (-57°C)...

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How Vera C. Rubin telescope could halve interference from satellites

How Vera C. Rubin telescope could halve interference from...

A telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory could cut satellite interference in...