A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives
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Dark matter experiments get a first peek at the ‘neutrino fog’
The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way into the data
Fiddler crabs are migrating north to cooler waters
This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT David Johnson: So in 2014, we were
Paper cut physics pinpoints the most hazardous types of paper
Any way you slice it, a paper cut is painful. Magazines, letters and books harbor a devious potential for minor
How earthquakes build beefy gold nuggets
When strained by earthquakes, underground networks of quartz veins can generate enough voltage to snatch gold from passing fluids, researchers
More than 100 bacteria species can flourish in microwave ovens
Even the microwave oven in your kitchen is not immune to bacteria. The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might
California droughts may help valley fever spread
Long dry spells can give a lethal fungal disease a lift. While California droughts can temporarily keep cases of valley
2 spacecraft caught the waves that might heat and accelerate the solar wind
A lucky alignment of two sun-studying spacecraft may have finally solved a decades-old solar mystery. Data from NASA’s Parker Solar
Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals
Neandertals traveled at least two evolutionary paths on their way to extinction around 40,000 years ago, a new study suggests.
In an epic cosmology clash, rival scientists begin to find common ground
The biggest clash in cosmology might be inching closer to resolution, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists disagree