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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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Rocket Launches, Trips to Mars and More 2020 Space and Astronomy Events

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Sync your calendar with the solar system

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Meteor Showers in 2020 That Will Light Up Night Skies

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Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals

Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299761&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

An Afterlife So Perilous, You Needed a Guidebook

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Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo

Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo Picture helps answer important questions about how galaxies acquire magnetic fields More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299757&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Eclipse

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‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Dazzles Asia and Middle East

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Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to

Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to Algorithm deciphers human microbiome's workings More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299754&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov
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Watching an Interstellar ‘Christmas Comet’ and Hoping for a Bang

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Detecting solar flares in real time

Detecting solar flares in real time New machine learning tool can improve space weather forecasts More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299753&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Will the United States Lose the Universe?

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Earth Science Has a Whiteness Problem

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Jeanne Guillemin, Who Exposed Soviet Anthrax Lab, Dies at 76

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What You’re Unwrapping When You Get a DNA Test for Christmas

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What We Learned in Space and Astronomy News 2019

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Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower 2019 Peak in Night Skies

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Boeing Starliner Landing: What You Need to Know

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What We Learned in Science News 2019

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Study analyzing cells' blueprints reveals new patterns in the global distribution and diversity of ocean microbes

Study analyzing cells' blueprints reveals new patterns in the global distribution and diversity of ocean microbes Results underscore microbial individuality More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299747&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

You Can Try Miss America’s Science Experiment at Home

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Robert Moir, 54, Dies; His Research Changed Views on Alzheimer’s

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Once, America Had Its Own Parrot

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When the Surgeon Is a Mom

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What to Expect From the Boeing Starliner Launch

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Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab

Tiny magnetic particles enable new material to bend, twist and grab Material combines strengths of individual components for a single system capable of rapid shape changes More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299742&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

There’s No Winter Break From ‘Publish or Perish’

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Boulders Don’t Just Roll. They Bounce.

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A 3D Encounter With a Violent Volcano’s Underbelly

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Europe’s Cheops Satellite Will Try to Launch Again

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What a 5,700-Year-Old Wad of Chewed Gum Reveals About Ancient People and Their Bacteria

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Tombs at Ancient Greek Site Were Gold-Lined Chambers

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Europe’s Cheops Satellite Will Scour Space for Habitable Planets

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Feral Pigs Roam the South. Now Even Northern States Aren’t Safe.

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NSF releases JASON report on research security

NSF releases JASON report on research security As part of its ongoing effort to keep international research collaboration both open and secure, the National Science Foundation (NSF) today released a report by the independent science advisory group JASON titled “ Fundamental Research Security .” NSF commissioned the report to enhance the agency’s understanding of the threats to basic research ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299700&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Even Hermit Crabs Have Wealth Inequality

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How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?

How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome? Scientists identify core microbiome of commercial tomatoes More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299717&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought

Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought Mini-microplastics uncovered in the stomachs of filter-feeding marine organisms More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299718&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Scientists show 'Red Queen' evolutionary principle at work in microbes in waters off Southern California

Scientists show 'Red Queen' evolutionary principle at work in microbes in waters off Southern California Evolutionary principle of the 'Red Queen' leaves viruses and bacteria at stalemate More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299719&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies

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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Marks the Spot for Asteroid Landing

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The Case of a Man With Two Sets of DNA Raises More Questions

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Head Cones in Ancient Egyptian Graves Cap Archaeological Debate

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New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees

New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees Discovery has implications for bolstering long-lived trees, other crops More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299708&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous

Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous Findings overturn reports of largest mass extinction in Earth's history More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299709&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight

ALMA spots most distant dusty galaxy hidden in plain sight Radio telescopes detect light of massive galaxy seen 970 million years after the Big Bang More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299706&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment

Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment Research finds that the internal structure of bone can be strengthened More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299707&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Indonesian Cave’s Mythical Beings May Be Oldest Imaginative Art by Humans

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Yes, Killer Whales Benefit From Grandmotherly Love Too

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