Science
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Plant-based diet can fight climate change, says UN
Geneva– The target of keeping global warming below 2 degrees will not be possible without changes in land use, paired…
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Bezos, Musk to help NASA land first woman and next man on Moon
Washington– The US space agency has selected 13 firms — including Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos and SpaceX of Elon…
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Ten Finalists Compete for Title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” and Indian Americans Account for Half
Silver Spring, Md – 3M and Discovery Education last month announced 10 finalists from across America as part of its annual 2019 3M Young Scientist…
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Cigarette butts significantly damage plant growth
London– Cigarette butts — the most common form of litter on the planet — significantly reduce plant growth as their…
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Space exploration critical for our survival: Bezos
San Francisco– While Elon Musk-led SpaceX always stays in limelight, world’s richest person Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin is…
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President Trump Announces Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Indian-Americans Dominate the List
WASHINGTON, DC–President Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) earlier this month.…
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How we tune out distractions
By Anne Trafton MIT News Office Imagine trying to focus on a friend’s voice at a noisy party, or blocking…
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Sukrit Ranjan: Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
CAMBRIDGE, MA– Primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for brewing up Earth’s first life forms, more so than…
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Skyscrapers killing up to 1 bn birds annually in US
New York– At least 100 million and maybe as many as a billion birds die each year in the US…
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Cells recall the way they were
By Jessica Lau Harvard Gazette When cells grow up, they remember their childhoods. A new study has found that adult…
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