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Medical Clowns Reduce Hospital Stays for Children with Pneumonia (We still find them scary)
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Boeing’s Starliner Crew Mission Returns to Earth, but Its Astronauts Are Still in Space
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Clown visits may shorten the amount of time children spend in hospital
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Alien Spaceships Could Be Detected Using Gravitational Waves
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Monster Galaxies – The Poetry of Science
Between darkened sunsthey drift,twin-worlds caughtin star-dust lanes.Their paths cross,a slow collisionof forgotten sounds –each grain of memory,buried deepbeneath the waves.Gas-trails...
U.S. Deaths from Heat Are Dangerously Undercounted
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AI helps find simple charging trick to boost battery lifespan
Studying how to make batteries last longerJacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A simple change in how new lithium-ion batteries are...
Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gaza
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Study suggests US droughts, rainy extremes becoming more severe
Severe drought in the American Southwest and Mexico and more severe wet years in the Northeast are the modern norm...
Lunar Swirls Arise from Ancient Underground Force Fields on the Moon
For centuries, a mystery has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of the moon: bright, sinuous swirls that...
The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a...
Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
Thanga and his team have sketched a system that would use solar panels and batteries to provide the power to...
Iron Winds Sweep Across Ultra-Hot Exoplanet WASP-76 b
Summary: Astronomers have discovered iron winds blowing across the dayside of WASP-76 b, an ultra-hot exoplanet, providing new insights into...
Scientists Make Living Mice’s Skin Transparent with Simple Food Dye
September 5, 20245 min readScientists Make Living Mice’s Skin Transparent with Simple Food DyeNew research harnessed the highly absorbent dye...
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