How Biden plans to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
Inauguration Day marks both a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic and a new chapter in the U.S. response to it. On January 19, the United States surpassed 400,000 coronavirus…
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Mysterious UFO that shone ‘fine rays of light’ onto Soviet city in 1977 revealed in declassified CIA report
DETAILS of a mysterious UFO that shined bright rays of light onto a Soviet city in the 1970s have emerged from a treasure trove of declassified CIA documents published online.…
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Humans could move to ‘floating asteroid belt colony’ housing millions of people within 15 YEARS
HUMANS could live on giant orbs floating in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter within the next 15 years. That’s the bonkers claim made by top scientist Pekka Janhunen,…
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Some bacteria are suffocating sea stars, turning the animals to goo
The mysterious culprit behind a deadly sea star disease is not an infection, as scientists once thought. Instead, multiple types of bacteria living within millimeters of sea stars’ skin deplete…
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Chinese scientists think they’ve invented a way to make people live longer using MICE
CHINESE scientists say they may have unlocked the key to living longer and reversing the effects of ageing. A world-first new gene therapy developed by biologists in Beijing boosts the…
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Astronomers spotted a rare galaxy shutting down star formation
A distant galaxy has been caught in the act of shutting down. The galaxy, called CQ 4479, is still forming plenty of new stars. But it also has an actively…
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How to Think About President Biden’s Big Climate Plans
This represents a break with the past two Democratic administrations, and it flips the issue’s polarity: Climate policy will become no longer about dampening prosperity and chastening growth, but giving…
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First magnetar flare detected from another galaxy tracked to its home
For the first time, astronomers have definitively spotted a flaring magnetar in another galaxy. These ultra-magnetic stellar corpses were thought to be responsible for some of the highest-energy explosions in…
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Loch Ness mystery solved? Scientist says Nessie is ancient sea TURTLE ‘trapped’ in lake
THE INFAMOUS Loch Ness Monster could have been an ancient sea turtle, according to a top scientist. Scotland’s most famous mystery creature has recently been described as a kind of…
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Monitor lizards’ huge burrows shelter hundreds of small animals
Meters below the copper, sun-broiled dirt of northwestern Australia, an entire community hides in the dark. Geckos lay their eggs as centipedes and scorpions scuttle by. A snake glides deeper…
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