NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover discovers even older lost rivers at Jezero Crater
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COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show
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There might be less water on the moon than we’d hoped
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Modern rocketry turns 100—and NASA says the best is yet to come
We are in the space age. Rockets launch to space almost every day. Orbital space stations have now…
Google rerouted hundreds of flights to cut climate-warming contrails
Contrails account for most of the warming effect from flights Tack/imageBROKER/Shutterstock A trial involving thousands of flights between…
Psychedelics may be no better than antidepressants for depression
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Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?
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Neanderthals may have treated wounds with antibiotic sticky tar
Viscous tar made from birch bark can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic Tjaark Siemssen, CC-BY…
Boosting the blood-brain barrier could avert brain damage in athletes
Repeatedly heading a football is increasingly being linked to lasting brain damage Rene Nijhuis/MB Media Repeated head knocks…
Fluorescent ruby-like gems have been found on Mars for the first time
NASA’s Perseverance rover is on the hunt for gems NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS The Perseverance rover has found precious stones inside…