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Health & Medicine
A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives
Aug 22 2024 1:00 PM
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy is the first T cell treatment for solid tumors. It fights melanoma and maybe other cancers too. READ MORE
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Agriculture
Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change?
Aug 22 2024 9:00 AM
Combining traditional plant breeding with new genomics tools is allowing scientists to grow plants that are better adapted to a warming climate. READ MORE
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Climate
Zapping sand to create rock could help curb coastal erosion
Aug 22 2024 5:00 AM
Low voltages generated minerals that help bind the sand into erosion-resistant rock, offering hope for shorelines ravaged by waves. READ MORE
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Health & Medicine
Expanding antibiotic treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could save kids' lives
Aug 21 2024 5:00 PM
Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows. READ MORE
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Physics
The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut
Aug 21 2024 2:00 PM
Using a laser and an electron beam, the microscope can snap images of moving electrons every 625 quintillionths of a second. READ MORE
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Earth
‘Turning to Stone' paints rocks as storytellers and mentors
Aug 21 2024 11:00 AM
Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud's latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth's rocks. READ MORE
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Space
The historic ‘Wow!' signal may finally have a source. Sorry, it’s not aliens
Aug 21 2024 9:00 AM
One of the best possible signs of extraterrestrial communication may have an astrophysical explanation — albeit a weird one. READ MORE
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Astronomy
The nearest midsized black hole might instead be a horde of lightweights
Aug 20 2024 11:00 AM
Astronomers recently reported that the Milky Way star cluster Omega Centauri hosts an elusive type of black hole. A new study says it does not. READ MORE
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Animals
This spider makes its home in the burrows of extinct giant ground sloths
Aug 20 2024 9:00 AM
Caves made by extinct giant ground sloths make the perfect home for a newly discovered type of long-spinneret ground spider from Brazil. READ MORE
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Animals
This spider uses trapped fireflies to lure in more prey
Aug 19 2024 11:00 AM
Male fireflies trapped in the spider's web flash femalelike lights, possibly luring in other flying males and allowing the arachnid to stock up on food. READ MORE
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