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These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Life

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control.
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Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
The mission to Phobos, Japan’s first Mars probe launch in 28 years, may reveal new information about our closest planetary neighbor.
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A Mutation Is Making It Easier for Drug-Resistant Malaria to Spread

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
New findings shed light on what’s making the parasite less treatable using the drug that’s considered a first line of defense.
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What Is El NiΓ±o, and What Does It Mean for Weather, Water, and the Global Economy?

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
This year’s El NiΓ±o is shaping up to be the strongest on record. Here’s what to expect.
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Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and β€œblurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.”
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Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Citiesβ€”Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
The latest estimates reveal that the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale events such as the FIFA World Cup stem from spectators traveling to host cities.
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Even Mild Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Weight Gain

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A recent study suggests that not getting enough sleep increases the risk of weight gain, and thus of conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
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China’s Tianwen-2 Space Probe Has Rendezvoused With Earth’s Quasi-Moon

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples to send back to Earth.
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What Are Fish Oil Supplements Good For? Here’s Your Crash Course

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A large-scale clinical trial has shown that even long-term consumption of DHAβ€”an omega-3 fatty acid found in abundance in oily fishβ€”may not lead to improvements in cognitive function.
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Food Preservatives May Increase the Risk of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Aa large-scale study demonstrates that preservatives widely used in everyday processed foods may exacerbate common health risks.
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A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Researchers say the discovery could be a β€œRosetta stone” for cosmic signals.
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A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
It’s long been accepted that the smoother the surface, the lower the aerodynamic drag. That turns out not always to be the case.
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Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Scientists have quantified what draws mosquitoes to peopleβ€”which could help make better, life-saving bug traps.
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Japan Approves the World’s First Treatment Made With Reprogrammed Human Cells

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology.
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This Autonomous Aquatic Robot Is Smaller Than a Grain of Salt

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.
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Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolutionβ€”and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.
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Here’s How Long You Should Walk Every Day to Prevent Back Pain

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Back pain is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Recent research reveals how much time you should spend walking on a daily basis to prevent it.
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What Is the β€˜Super Flu’ That Is Spreading in Europe and the United States?

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
The β€œsuper flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza A H3N2, subclade K. Existing vaccines appear to be insufficiently effective against the virus.
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Poor Sleep Quality Accelerates Brain Aging

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Research shows that people who sleep poorly tend to have brain age that is older than their actual age. Chronic inflammation in the body caused by poor sleep likely plays a part.
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People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t.
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β€˜Wolf DNA’ Lurks in Many Modern Dog Breeds

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes.
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The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
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Easter Island’s Moai Statues May Have Walked to Where They Now Stand

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
An archaeological mystery gets one step closer to being solved.
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How to See Comet Lemmon This October

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
This long-duration comet will make its closest approach to Earth this fall, before disappearing into the outer solar system for another 1,000 years.
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The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.
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Researchers Create 3D-Printed Artificial Skin That Allows Blood Circulation

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Swedish researchers have developed two types of 3D bioprinting technology to artificially generate skin containing blood vessels. It could be a breakthrough in the quest to regenerate damaged skin.
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Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic.
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NASA’s Largest Satellite Antenna Ever Has Just Unfurled in Space

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
NISAR, a giant orbiting antenna 39 feet in diameter, will monitor changes to glaciers, forests, and the Earth’s crust, providing data to help improve infrastructure and disaster responses.
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A Giant Planet and a Small Star Are Shaking Up Conventional Cosmological Theory

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of conventional astronomy theory, and is making experts reconsider conventional notions of planet formation.
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Scientists Have Just Discovered a New Type of Electricity-Conducting Bacteria

By: Ritsuko Kawai β€”
A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectronics.
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