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New Biomaterial Can Repair Tissues “From the Inside Out”
Researchers at the University of California San Diego created a new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously and…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds “Ripples” In Ancient Martian Rock—And a Lake May Have Left Them There
It’s been established for quite some time now that Mars was once a watery world; evidence of its…
Chess players perform worse when air quality is poor – and other high-skilled workers could be affected too
Francis Pope, University of Birmingham Humans are exposed to air pollution almost everywhere. The World Health Organization estimate…
The science of holding your breath: How could Kate Winslet stay underwater for over 7 minutes in Avatar 2?
Kate Winslet promoting ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in London in December 2022. Winslet held her breath for…
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its sea ice
Rain and warm air make it harder for sea ice to grow. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via…
The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel
Some airlines are already experimenting with sustainable aviation fuel. Michael H/Stone Collection/Getty Images Candelaria Bergero, University of California,…
Pulses are packed with goodness: Five cool things you should know about them
pbd Studio/shutterstock Nadia Radzman, University of Cambridge Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably…
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how satellites can help rescue efforts
Emilie Bronner, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that…
New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having ‘good’ parents
A hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus). Tristan Barrington/Shutterstock Szymek Drobniak, UNSW Sydney As owners of some of the biggest…
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened
Jenny Jenkins, Durham University An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border…