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A Year Ago I Asked: How Bad Could Covid Get? Now We Know Feb 03, 2021

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No one was calling it a pandemic yet, at least publicly. Then came more troubling evidence about transmission, as the US ignored warning signs.

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These Recharge Rooms Are Helping Health Care Workers Cope Feb 02, 2021

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Using voice-activation tech and nature-inspired soundscapes, these space are designed to give medical workers some respite from the Covid-19 front lines.

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NASA Is Training an AI to Detect Fresh Craters on Mars Feb 01, 2021

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An algorithm discovered dozens of Martian craters. It’s a promising remote method for exploring our solar system and understanding planetary history.

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Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm? Jan 29, 2021

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Scientists say they've got 20-million-year-old evidence of giant worms that hunted in pretty much the most nightmarish way possible.

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Can an AI Predict the Language of Viral Mutation? Jan 28, 2021

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Computational biologists used an algorithm meant to model human language to instead predict how viruses could evolve to evade the immune system.

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The Arctic Ocean Is Teeming With Microfibers From Clothes Jan 27, 2021

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Scientists find an average of 40 microplastic particles per cubic meter of the northern water. The likely source? The synthetic clothing in our washing machines.

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Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket From a 747 Jan 26, 2021

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Launching rockets from planes is a decades-old concept that never really took off. Billionaire Richard Branson thinks its time has come.

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The Ongoing Collapse of the World's Aquifers Jan 25, 2021

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When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottles. It's called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.

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Vaping Doesn't Keep Young People From Smoking Cigarettes Later Jan 22, 2021

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It won't prevent teens from later becoming smokers. But some health experts say that focusing on the risk of addicting new smokers cuts off a chance to help adults quit.

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What Would It Take to Run a City on 100 Percent Clean Energy? Jan 21, 2021

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Most claims of running on “clean” electricity come with caveats, and many technologies required for round-the-clock renewable energy aren’t quite ready yet.

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