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Humans have pumped so much groundwater from the Earth that it's actually caused the planet's axis to shift, a new study found

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 18:45

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Earth from space. — We're moving so much water from under the continents to the oceans that it's affecting our axial tilt, a new study found.
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Congress's UFO hearing shows the hardest part of discovering alien life may be announcing it. Here's how NASA might break the news.

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 16:22

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earth with bright spot lightning strike with starry milky way purple and black above and solar panels of space station in foreground — A time-lapse of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen from the International Space Station.
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Virgin Galactic's first space tourism passengers only spent a few minutes floating weightless above the Earth, and their experience still mirrored other astronauts' in 3 key ways

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 15:58

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Virgin Galactic passengers in space. — Anastatia Mayers, one of the youngest person to ever travel to space, onboard Virgin Galactic's flight.
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9 useless body parts that humans no longer need

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 13:52

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Science, Features, BI Innovation, health, Body Parts, human anatomy

The US government will hand out up to $1.2 billion for companies to suck greenhouse gases out of the air

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 13:21

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close-up of smoke stacks — Vapor rises from cooling towers in this stock image.
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Science, Speed desk, Climate Change, Biden administration, Department Of Energy, greenhouse gases, Carbon Emissions

I'm one of only 26 Black women astrophysicists in America. Acting helped me overcome the stereotypes I felt as a woman of color in STEM.

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 10:56

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Dr. Aomawa Shields.

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Scientists genetically engineer bacteria to detect cancer cells

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 07:45

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An international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can help detect (or even treat) cancer in hard-to-reach places, such as the colon. The team has published a paper in Science for the technique dubbed CATCH, or cellular assay for targeted, CRISPR-discriminated horizontal gene transfer.