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MIT researchers say their fusion reactor is “very likely to work”
A series of new papers “confirms that the design we’re working on is very likely to…
The coronavirus has now killed more than 1 million people and upended the global economy in less than nine months
The coronavirus pandemic has reach its most grisly milestone to date: 1 million people are dead.…
A Student Just Proved Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Possible
Now we can all go back to 2019. Read more…
There’s No Speed Limit in a Superfluid Universe. Now We Know Why
Superfluids are much like superconductors. In the cold, dense medium of a helium-3 superfluid, scientists recently…
D614G mutation now the dominant variant in the global COVID-19 pandemic
Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that a…
Rising Temperatures Are Pushing Antarctica Past Point of No Return, Scientists Warn
Raising Earth’s average surface temperature another degree Celsius will lock in 2.5 metres of sea level…
Trojan horse nanoparticle takes a drug-free approach to killing cancer
With cancer so often presenting as a cunning enemy, scientists are working hard to develop therapies…
Simple blood test predicts patients most likely to die from COVID-19
One of the big challenges healthcare workers are facing in this global pandemic is identifying those…
Astronomers discover “pi Earth” planet that orbits every 3.14 days
Probably it should be called the Pi Planet. Read more at Futurism…
At the Math Olympiad, Computers Prepare to Go for the Gold
The 61st international mathematical olympiad, or imo, begins today. Due to the covid-19 pandemic it’s the…
Two new medicines to treat advanced prostate cancer hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ – what it means
The drugs, olaparib and ipatasertib, could potentially become the first ever precision medicines for prostate cancer…
Interventions Meant To Slow The Spread Of Covid-19 Have All But Stopped The Spread Of Flu
Thanks to masks, social distancing and other measures adopted since March, far fewer people in the…
World’s Richest One Percent Are Producing More Than Double the Carbon Emissions as the Bottom 50 Percent
Climate fires explicitly links record-breaking blazes that have burned across california, oregon and washington to global…
NASA says Artemis astronauts may not visit the lunar South Pole
NASA has had a primary focus for many months on putting astronauts back on the moon…
Coronavirus can spread on airline flights, two studies show
Coronavirus can spread on flights. Two new studies describe how it happened. Read more at CNN…
In A Complete Fluke, A European Spacecraft Is About To Fly Past Venus – And Could Look For Signs Of Life
On Monday, September 14, a team of scientists said they had found evidence for phosphine in…
Physicists who disproved ‘5th force’ win $3 million ‘Breakthrough’ prize
They’ve used their carefully calibrated torsion balances to disprove a hypothetical force, feel the pull of…
Why is there a normal galaxy sitting at the edge of the Universe?
Aided by a trick of gravity, astronomers have found a normal galaxy. Big deal, right? The…
World’s wildlife populations fell 68% since 1970: WWF | DW | 10.09.2020
The environment advocacy organization has warned of “staggering” decline in global wildlife populations. A study published…