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Today, 03:10 PM

Bok started a thread How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake in Science

Artificial-intelligence-powered image-generating systems are making fake photographs so hard to detect that we need AI to catch them More...

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Today, 07:00 AM

Bok started a thread AI Chatbots Can Diagnose Medical Conditions at Home. How Good Are They? in Science

As more people turn to chat-based AIs for medical advice, it remains to be seen how these tools stack up against—or could...

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Yesterday, 07:33 PM

Bok started a thread Northern Lights Dance across U.S. because of 'Stealthy' Sun Eruptions in Science

A severe geomagnetic storm created auroras that were visible as far south as Arizona in the U.S. More...

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Yesterday, 11:16 AM

Bok started a thread NASA's Uranus Mission Is Running Out of Time in Science

Multiple obstacles might make it hard for NASA to turn its dream of ice giant exploration into a reality any time soon More...

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Yesterday, 11:16 AM

Bok started a thread Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. in Science

In the first episode of season five of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we meet a young doctor who, in 1946, was posted to Kentucky’s...

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Yesterday, 11:16 AM

Bok started a thread A Valuable Early-warning System for Disease Outbreaks Could Be Shut Down in Science

Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future More...

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03-29-2023, 04:50 PM

Bok started a thread Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries in Science

A new international study finds that the growth and development benefits of children living in cities may have diminished in the past two decades ...

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03-29-2023, 04:50 PM

Bok started a thread Bacterial 'Nanosyringe' Could Deliver Gene Therapy to Human Cells in Science

This novel injection system could help advance gene therapy by nimbly inserting gene-editing enzymes into a variety of cell types More...

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03-29-2023, 04:50 PM

Bok started a thread Asteroid Didymos May Spin So Fast It Flings Rocks into Space in Science

The asteroid Didymos witnessed its companion get slammed by NASA’s DART spacecraft, and Didymos itself may have interesting activity ...

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03-29-2023, 08:40 AM

Bok started a thread How the Gun Became Integral to the Self-Identity of Millions of Americans in Science

The firearm as a totemlike symbol of personal identity emerged from the psychological insecurities of former enslavers after the Civil War ...

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03-28-2023, 02:50 PM

Bok started a thread Smell-Loss Tests Could Reveal Health Problems in Science

Unlike other senses, smell is not something doctors routinely test for—but some scientists think that should change More...

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03-28-2023, 02:50 PM

Bok started a thread Why Primates (Including Humans) Love to Spin Ourselves around until We All Fall Down in Science

The menagerie that twirls and twirls includes gorillas, bonobos and, yes, us humans More...

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03-28-2023, 06:50 AM

Bok started a thread Cases of a Drug-Resistant Fungus Tripled During the COVID Pandemic in Science

Stress on health care facilities might have accelerated outbreaks of the hard-to-treat yeast Candida auris More...

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03-27-2023, 08:00 AM

Bok started a thread Millions of People Living with HIV Are Alive, Thanks to a 20-Year Public Health Effor in Science

Being infected with HIV is no longer a terminal diagnosis, but researchers are looking to fill the gaps that remain to ensure treatment reaches all...

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03-24-2023, 12:00 AM

Bok started a thread Eye Drops Recalled after Deaths and Blindness--Here's What to Know in Science

Here’s how to tell whether your eye drops are safe to use and how to recognize a potential infection More...

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03-23-2023, 03:50 PM

Bok started a thread Top Math Prize Awarded for Describing the Dynamics of the Flow of Rivers and the Melt in Science

Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli has won the 2023 Abel Prize for making natural phenomena more understandable and eliminating dreaded...

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03-23-2023, 07:40 AM

Bok started a thread Mitochondria Transplants Save Rats from Cardiac Arrest in Science

A new study in rats suggests “powerhouse” organelles could help heal not only hearts but other organs damaged by lack of oxygen during...

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03-22-2023, 03:10 PM

Bok started a thread Was 'Oumuamua, the First Known Interstellar Object, Less Weird Than We Thought? in Science

A new study suggests that ’Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet...

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03-22-2023, 07:00 AM

Bok started a thread Spring Is Starting Earlier--It's Not Your Imagination in Science

Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and...

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03-21-2023, 07:10 AM

Bok started a thread Will Humans Ever Go Extinct? in Science

It’s probably a matter of when and how, not if, we humans will meet our doom More...

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03-20-2023, 04:10 PM

Bok started a thread Fast, Deep Cuts in Emissions Are Needed to Avoid 'Climate Time Bomb' in Science

To keep warming below levels that scientists say will bring extreme climate impacts, nations must act quickly to make deep cuts in carbon emissions,...

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03-20-2023, 04:10 PM

Bok started a thread The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught in Science

In Key Largo, Fla., scientists are looking to protect endangered native rodents and slow the invasion of massive Burmese pythons More...

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03-20-2023, 04:10 PM

Bok started a thread RSV Vaccines Are Nearly Here after Decades of False Starts in Science

Decades of failed attempts have given way to several successful vaccines and treatments for the respiratory disease RSV More...

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