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Did life travel between Earth and Mars? New study supports theory of panspermia
Scientists conducted an experiment onboard the International Space Station that supported the controversial theory of panspermia.…
Solved astronomy mystery after just one year at university
Three first-year students have found a way to detect violent explosions in distant galaxies. Now, one…
A prediction model of outcome of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia based on laboratory findings
Prediction model was found highly accurate in distinguishing non-survivors from discharged patients. Seven features selected by…
Our Planet Protected Us. Earth ‘Bends’ An Asteroid Just 1,830 Miles Out, The Closest Flyby On Record
It’s now the closest known “non-impacting” asteroid to ever fly by our planet. Read more at…
Machine learning enables completely automatic tuning of a quantum device faster than human experts
To optimize operating conditions of large scale semiconductor quantum devices, a large parameter space has to…
Material found by scientists ‘could merge AI with human brain’
Technology could enable new health diagnostics and achieve Elon Musk’s goal of integrating with artificial intelligence…
Malaysia detects coronavirus strain that’s ten times more infectious
The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a…
How Do You Solve a Moon Mystery? Fire a Laser at It
Researchers have used reflective prisms left on the moon’s surface for decades, but had increasingly seen…
There’s a 90% Chance of a Successful Coronavirus Vaccine: Experts
Welcome to the COVID-19 arms race. Read more at The National Interest…
Everything Wrong With Modern Theoretical Physics In One Paper’s Practical Summary
There was once a time when theoretical physicists were prized because they were basically smarter than…
This star is moving so fast it visibly warps spacetime
S62 is moving at eight percent the speed of light — just fast enough to see…
AI Approach Identifies Potential New Drugs to Treat COVID-19
A machine-learning approach screened millions of commercially available small moleculesto identify hundreds of potential drug candidates…
Hubble spies the culprit behind Betelgeuse star’s dimming
The Hubble Space Telescope may have solved the mystery of why Betelgeuse, a massive bright star,…
429-million-year-old trilobite eye fossil ‘almost identical to that of modern bees’
Digital microscopy showed the fossilised trilobite had a ‘fully modern type of visual system’ similar to…
Weird ‘boomerang’ earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean
The temblor shot across the seafloor and back to where it started so fast it created…
Mystery solved: 240-million-year-old reptile with ‘extraordinarily long neck’ lived in the ocean
Tanystropheus was first described in 1852 but until now, scientists didn’t know whether the 6m-long reptile…
Mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ detected closer to Earth than ever before
Most FRBs originate hundreds of millions of light-years away. This one came from inside the Milky…
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Microsoft Excel: 1 — Human Genetics: 0. Read more at The Verge…
The Tragic Physics of the Deadly Explosion in Beirut
A blast injury specialist explores the chemistry—and history—of explosions like the one captured in videos that…