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Covid-19 may have originated from racoon dogs at Wuhan market says new study
The deadly Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in raccoon dogs from the Wuhan market in China, ac…
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The submersible that first took humans to the Titanic wreck has made more than 5,000 dives. A researcher who has been on the Alvin 53 times says it's nothing like the Titan.
Lisa Levin, a veteran oceanographer, told Insider the Titan's lax approach to safety is nothing lik…
Erin Snodgrass
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Oceans have become polluted with approximately 26,000 tons of PPE during pandemic, new report claims
"While it is suspected to be large, the magnitude and fate of this pandemic-associated mismanaged p…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Early research suggests people with Type O blood are slightly less likely to get the coronavirus
People with Type O blood may have a slight advantage when it comes to coronavirus risk, but scienti…
Aylin Woodward
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Your blood type may impact how hard you get hit by the coronavirus, new research shows
People with blood type A are 50% more likely to develop severe coronavirus symptoms than patients w…
Aylin Woodward
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People who traveled from New York across the US in early March caused nearly 65% of coronavirus cases in the rest of the country, research suggests
Earlier social distancing might have prevented New York from becoming "the Grand Central Station fo…
Rhea Mahbubani
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We're about to enter the Digital Dark Ages
From Gawker to the Cartoon Network, online archives are vanishing — and they're taking our cultural…
Adam Rogers
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Atmospheric river: Definition, relationship to hurricanes, potential benefits, and more FAQs answered
Atmospheric rivers are defined as rivers of water vapor in the sky. They can bring heavy rain or sn…
Jenny McGrath
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Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time
Human-driven climate change is causing Earth's poles to lose so much ice it's changing the planet's…
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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A former US Air Force officer spent $11 million searching for Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane and may have found it
Amelia Earhart vanished during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Tony Romeo believes…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert,…
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Scientists found a new sea creature with 20 'arms' and named it after a strawberry
The new species, called the Antarctic strawberry feather star, was found around 200 feet to 3,840 f…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Lloyd L…
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A cheap drug used for anti-aging and weight-loss may also prevent long COVID, study finds
Metformin is a cheap, easy-to-access drug that used for diabetes, longevity, and losing weight. It …
Leah Rosenbaum
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The CDC is considering testing airline poop and toilet waste for COVID-19 as anxieties rise about China's virus spread
Evidence suggests testing airplanes toilet waste can show positive COVID-19 cases before a nasal sw…
Bethany Dawson
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Tornado Alley is shifting East, putting states like Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama at higher risk of devastating twisters
More tornadoes are touching down east of Tornado Alley in recent decades, and researchers anticipat…
Rebecca Strong
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California's sudden jump from withering drought to violent floods is a warning for the whole world
California isn't just drying out. Paradoxically, it's also getting wetter, as shown by the forceful…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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You can now get COVID again within 4 weeks due to the new Omicron BA.5 variant, health expert says
Other experts say the latest COVID-19 variant is especially contagious and the "worst version of th…
Katie Anthony,Andrea Michelson
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A scientist tracking the coronavirus predicts it will keep mutating to avoid the immune response — but at a slower rate than before
Trevor Bedford, associate professor at Fred Hutch, said that he highly doubted that the virus that …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Moderna says its booster significantly increases antibody levels against the Omicron variant
Moderna shared new data which shows that a 50-microgram dose of its booster vaccine increases the l…
Mary Hanbury
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David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly win Nobel Medicine Prize for the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
The Nobel laureates' discoveries have unlocked one of the secrets of nature by explaining the mo…