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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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03-20-2023, 08:06 AM

Bok started a thread The World's Simplest Theorem Shows That 8,000 People Globally Have the Same Number of in Science

Hairiness is the perfect way to demonstrate the math underlying the “pigeonhole principle,” first conceived in 1622 More...

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03-18-2023, 11:20 AM

Bok started a thread How the Psychology of Silicon Valley Contributed to a Bank Collapse in Science

Venture capitalists and start-ups don’t mind losing money, but dealing with a bank run is a whole different story More...

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03-18-2023, 03:20 AM

Bok started a thread New Evidence Supports Animal Origin of COVID Virus through Raccoon Dogs in Science

Genetic sequences show evidence of raccoon dogs and other animals at the Wuhan market sites where SARS-CoV-2 was found in early 2020, adding to...

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03-18-2023, 03:20 AM

Bok started a thread What High-Tech Prizes Does the Downed U.S. Drone Hold? Russia Really Wants to Know in Science

An MQ-9 Reaper drone is sitting at the bottom of the Black Sea. Will the U.S. or Russia recover it? More...

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03-17-2023, 07:10 PM

Bok started a thread Rare, Dust-Shrouded Dying Star Revealed in New JWST Image in Science

Before exploding as supernovae, massive Wolf-Rayet stars spew gas and dust into space, seeding the formation of future stellar and planetary systems...

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03-17-2023, 07:10 PM

Bok started a thread Here's the Real Story behind the Massive 'Blob' of Seaweed Heading toward Florida in Science

Florida beaches are already receiving hefty batches of brown seaweed, kicking off a year that could break records More...

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03-17-2023, 11:00 AM

Bok started a thread AI Can Re-create What You See from a Brain Scan in Science

Image-generating AI is getting better at re-creating what people are looking at from their fMRI data. But this isn’t mind reading—yet ...

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