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Ancient Viruses Preserved in Glaciers Show Adaptation to Climate Change From glacial ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 viral species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change
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Ancient Viruses Preserved in Glaciers Show Adaptation to Climate Change
From glacial ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 viral species. Reading their genomes tells ...
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What to Know about Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Spread by Mosquitoes An expert explains the transmission and symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne illness that has caused one death and two hospitalizations in northeastern states
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What to Know about Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Spread by Mosquitoes
An expert explains the transmission and symptoms of eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne illness that has caused one death and two ho...
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'Sloth Fever' Virus Is Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know about Oropouche The Oropouche virus, which causes a disease nicknamed “sloth fever” for one of the animals that can be infected, has seen its first cases in the U.S.
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'Sloth Fever' Virus Is Spreading. Here’s What You Need to Know about Oropouche | Scientific American
The Oropouche virus, which causes a disease nicknamed “sloth fever” for one of the animals that can be infected, has seen its first cases in th...
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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Won’t Collapse in Worst-Case Scenario Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario for its collapse may be off the table
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‘Doomsday Glacier’ Isn’t as Close to Collapse as We Thought
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario for its collapse may be off t...
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Polaris Dawn Is the Most Ambitious—And Risky—Private Spaceflight Yet The Polaris Dawn mission—a partnership between SpaceX and billionaire Jared Isaacman—will soar to historic heights and attempt the first-ever commercial spacewalk
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Polaris Dawn Is the Most Ambitious—And Risky—Private Spaceflight Yet
The Polaris Dawn mission—a partnership between SpaceX and billionaire Jared Isaacman—will soar to historic heights and attempt the first-ever c...
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In Early Science Journalism, These Women Were Writing for Their Lives Starting in the 1920s female writers pioneered the field of science writing for the mass market, making it their mission to help ordinary people understand everything from astronomy to venereal disease
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In Early Science Journalism, These Women Were Writing for Their Lives
Starting in the 1920s female writers pioneered the field of science writing for the mass market, making it their mission to help ordinary people un...
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