New research published in Nature Medicine has shown that in a randomized crossover trial, participants eating minimally processed foods lost twice as much weight as those eating more ultra-processed foods,…
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Evidence of World-Changing Comet Explosion 12,800 Years Ago Found in The Ocean : ScienceAlert
Microscopic grains of alien dust buried in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean could be evidence of a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago.
This hypothetical event, known as the Younger Dryas impact, was invoked to…
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Fraudulent scientific papers are booming
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS exist to do one thing: provide accurate, peer-reviewed reports of new research to an interested audience. But according to a paper published in PNAS on August 4th, that lofty goal is badly compromised. Scientific fraud, its…
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Formalizing small-scale gold mining can reduce environmental impacts & crime (commentary)
- Small-scale gold mining provides more jobs than any other mining sector, yet it’s also the world’s largest source of mercury pollution, a major driver of tropical deforestation, and its informal nature breeds…
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How urban greening is helping Singapore bounce back from widespread forest loss
Singapore, the smallest country in Southeast Asia, lost most of its original forest cover in the early 1800s to agriculture. But since the 1960s, when Singapore began pursuing urban…
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Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it’s not what scientists thought
Researchers have discovered the cause of a mysterious marine epidemic that has turned billions of sea stars into goo along the West Coast — and it’s not what they expected.
Sea star wasting disease has been killing sea stars since 2013, causing…
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ULA forecasts nine launches in 2025 but sharp increase for 2026
WASHINGTON — Despite cutting its forecast for launches this year, United Launch Alliance still expects to ramp up to an annual rate of 20 to 25 launches in 2026 and beyond.
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New antibody delivery system boosts Alzheimer’s treatment in mice
A newly engineered antibody transport vehicle targeting the transferrin receptor enables enhanced delivery of anti-amyloid antibodies to the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report. According to the study,…
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New ‘Vulcan’ rocket to fly first military mission next week
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is scheduled to fly its first military space launch next week.
Pending range approval, the mission is slated to lift off Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying Space Force…
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Astronomers Discover the Earliest Black Hole Ever Confirmed
An international team of astronomers has identified the earliest black hole ever confirmed, an ancient behemoth that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery could offer new…
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