The Black Death (Yersinia pestis) killed as much as half of Europe’s total…
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Life on Mars? Ancient Biomolecules Could Still Be Hiding in Its Ice
A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly in pure water ice than they do in mixed soil samples. Ancient microbes, or traces of them, may still be preserved within…
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South Africa’s great white shark population worries researchers
Great white shark populations in South Africa are disappearing, driven largely by human activities that are likely responsible for the collapse of a locally critical apex predator. That’s the conclusion of a review paper published by a group of…
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Urban soils get new life by mixing excavated dirt with organic waste
Excavated soil from construction sites usually ends up in landfills, but it has great potential. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) show how excavated soil can be enriched with organic waste so that it can be reused in…
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This Worm Is A Millennial
Sometime in the late 1990s, an adult ribbon worm was scooped up from the murk in the waters off the San Juan Islands, in the Pacific Northwest. He was moved to a tank along with a smattering of other invertebrates, including two vermilion bat…
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Study finds FDA used evidence, not politics, in abortion pill decisions
The abortion pill mifepristone has long been at the center of heated political discussions.
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How a soft coral moves its tentacles in perfect synchronization without a brain
A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is able to perform the rhythmic, pulsating movements of its tentacles without a central nervous system. The study’s findings…
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Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up
Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts of AI infrastructure in the coming year. That includes OpenAI partner…
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Blocking key enzyme to protect against fatty liver may raise cancer risk instead
Scientists have discovered that blocking a key cellular enzyme thought to protect against fatty liver disease may instead increase the risk of chronic liver damage and cancer as we age.
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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers
Taking responsibility for power usage
In the Microsoft blog post, Smith acknowledged that residential electricity rates have recently risen in dozens of states, driven partly by inflation, supply chain constraints, and grid…
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