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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission and launch in 9 photos
The Inspiration4 mission makes history as the first private, commercial, all-civilian space travel. Inspiration4/John Kraus Last night, the Inspiration4 mission kicked off, launching four civilians...
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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 safely returns to Earth after a historic 3-day orbit
The SpaceX Dragon capsule carries four amateur passengers in the historic Inspiration4 flight. Brian Dunbar This post has been updated. It was last published on September 15, 2021. On September 15,...
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CDC panel gives a thumbs-up to Pfizer boosters, but not for everyone
The FDA has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's booster shot for select populations. Towfiqu Barbhuiya With the equinox, we enter another COVID-19 fall and winter, though hopefully with vaccines we can make...
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What is umami? No, really.
Japanese food is probably the best-known source of umami, but the supposed fifth flavor exists in many everyday foods. VadimVasenin/Deposit Photos PopSci is spending September relearning how to eat....
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Spiciness isn’t a taste, and more burning facts about the mysterious sensation
Spicy isn't a taste , but a physical reaction sensed by nerve endings, not taste buds, on the tongue. Thomas M. Evans on Unsplash PopSci is spending September relearning how to eat. As intuitive as...
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Vampire bats rendezvous with their friends when dining out
Vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, hanging out inside a tree. Simon Ripperger Did your school dining hall offer a universally beloved dish? One that attracted long, meandering lines, one that people...
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This year’s Physics Nobel honors work on the complex systems underlying...
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi receive the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to understanding complex physical systems. The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to...
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The land-dwelling ‘hell heron’ was a 30-foot aquatic assassin
Artist's impressions of the Spinosaurids. Ceratosuchops inferodios in the foreground, Riparovenator milnerae in the background. Anthony Hutchings What do you think something called a hell heron might...
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Pfizer formally asked the FDA to authorize its COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11
A vaccine for kids age 5-11 could be on the horizon, just after Halloween. Sweater weather is adding some coziness to everyday pandemic life, along with the ubiquitous pumpkin flavors that come with...
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Ancient humans might have bred one of the scariest birds on the planet
Cassowary eggs, like the Southern cassowary one depicted here, have jade-green shells. Archaeologists used them to age human relationships with the birds on the Pacific island of New Guinea....
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These worms produce milk, but only when they kick the bucket
Fluorescent microscopy allows us to see one-millimeter roundworms, the leftmost one expelling milk through its vulva so its offspring, lower right, can eat. In a world of myriad milks, from cow to...
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Ancient poop proves that humans have always loved beer and cheese
Would you order blue cheese and a pale ale?. Tina Witherspoon on Unsplash Did you know that pale ales pair well with blue cheese? Maybe it’s not your go-to bar combination, but there’s now evidence...
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Kīlauea has belched 4.2 billion gallons of lava—and it isn’t done yet
A not-so-serene lava lake fills Halema'uma'u crater on Kīlauea in Hawai'i. N. Deligne/USGS Only an erupting volcano can evoke as much awe as it does terror. Kīlauea, which has been erupting on the Big...
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A salmonella outbreak has hit 37 states, and onions are to blame
A salmonella outbreak is linked to fresh onions. Goh Rhy Yan on Unsplash Fresh red, white, and yellow onions have been linked to a salmonella outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control....
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9 creatures that have made spookiness their brand
Devil's tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii). Bill Lynch No matter what terrifying figures the twisted human mind manifests, nature will always outdo our worst nightmares. With the spookiest time of year...
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NASA images show the sun has had a rough week
"An X1.0 class solar flare flashes in center of the Sun on Oct. 28, 2021. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 304 angstrom...
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The surprising link between caterpillar poop and our climate
Some caterpillars, researchers have found, are an underestimated contributor to carbon emissions. John Gunn An iconic children’s book about a very hungry caterpillar sensibly omits the process that...
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All the ways daylight saving time screws with you
Pixabay This post has been updated. It was originally published on March 9, 2019. Only a narrow band of people are really that affected by daylight saving. But gosh darn it, we will complain about it...
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Heinz’s new ‘Marz’ ketchup is kinda sorta made from Martian tomatoes
You won't be able to find Heinz 'Marz' ketchup in any grocery stores, unfortunately. pexels The latest advance in astro-agriculture comes in the form of ketchup made from tomatoes cultivated in...
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This rare blue diamond is practically a miracle of nature
Unearthed in the largest mine in Botswana, the Okavango Blue Diamond is on display to the public for the first time. Courtesy of the Okavango Diamond Company The industry term for naturally colored...
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