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Leftover coffee grounds could make concrete up to 30 percent stronger, once they go through one extra step. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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A squid-like creature from Jurassic Wyoming had the thickest body part of any belemnite known so far. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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A merchant shipwrecked off Australia in 1629 may have used the same playbook seen in toxic workplaces today. 🔗 sciencealert.com/the-worlds-…
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Lab experiments suggest excess RNA can damage one particular part of human cells, even before the immune system is activated. 🔗 sciencealert.com/too-much-rn…
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The Sun's corona is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, and lasers could help explain some of that heat. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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Speaking out loud can widen your pupils about as much as high-intensity cycling does. 🔗 sciencealert.com/talking-ins…
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Something has been moving uranium to the surface of mine waste that supposedly lay undisturbed for more than 80 years. 🔗 sciencealert.com/uranium-was…
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A possible culprit hiding around the urethra could help explain the most common prostate problem in men over 50. 🔗 sciencealert.com/scientists-…
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Imagine a clock whose hands run both ways at once. A preprint suggests a 2018 experiment already showed the quantum version. 🔗 sciencealert.com/physicists-…
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Squid can edit their RNA instructions without changing their DNA. In theory, that allows close to 10²⁴⁸ protein variants. 🔗 sciencealert.com/squid-are-e…
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Fatty liver disease affects around 30 percent of people. It may be five conditions, and genetics plays a significant role in one. 🔗 sciencealert.com/common-live…
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When the Colorado runs low, people turn to groundwater. The Upper Basin lost roughly 4.6 trillion gallons of it in one drought. 🔗 sciencealert.com/as-water-cr…
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Older men with the highest testosterone had roughly twice the risk of atrial fibrillation. Mid-range levels may carry the least risk. 🔗 sciencealert.com/both-low-an…
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A glowing ball of plasma made with a laser and a tungsten tip just 100 nanometers across held its shape as it grew. That matched predictions for an electromagnetic soliton, one theory behind ball lightning. 🔗 sciencealert.com/miniature-b…
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Percy has overtaken its older sibling. NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled farther across another world than any vehicle before it, beating Opportunity's Mars record. More than 90 percent of that distance, it steered itself. 🔗 sciencealert.com/nasas-perse…
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A quick cuddle with your dog could be doing something to your body that you can't feel. Now we know what. 🔗 sciencealert.com/physically-…
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And you don't even know. 🔗 sciencealert.com/your-brain-…
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Did a virus help split the evolutionary paths of humans and chimpanzees? 🔗 sciencealert.com/tiny-geneti…
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What does this mean? 🔗 sciencealert.com/researchers…
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After 16 years, this disaster is still ongoing. 🔗 sciencealert.com/16-years-af…
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