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Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

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Fossil Holds Clues to How Some Owls Evolved Into Daytime Hunters

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您是否正在接受、支付或為他人提供長期照護?

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¿Recibes, pagas o brindas cuidado a largo plazo?

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您是否正在接受、支付或为他人提供长期照护?

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Are You Receiving, Providing or Paying for Long-Term Care?

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New dental tool prototype can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities

New dental tool prototype can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities O-pH uses a low-power light system to find tooth demineralization, a condition that leads to decay More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304771&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms

Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms Engineers have developed "virtual eyes" that closely mimic human eye behavior More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304773&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Oldest and Farthest Star Known

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Keep Getting Lost? Maybe You Grew Up on the Grid.

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U.S. and Russian Astronauts Land on Earth Together Amid War in Ukraine

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A NASA astronaut will soon fly home to Earth in a Russian spacecraft. Here’s how to watch.

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Seismic study reveals key reason Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt

Seismic study reveals key reason Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt Icefields that stretch for hundreds of miles atop the Andes Mountains are melting More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304764&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Global genome search sparks new insights into microbes that breathe rocks

Global genome search sparks new insights into microbes that breathe rocks Microbes drastically reshape their environment More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304765&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Ice Volcanoes Reshape Pluto and Hint at a Hidden Ocean

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Longer, more intense allergy seasons could result from climate change

Longer, more intense allergy seasons could result from climate change Pollen emissions could begin 40 days earlier in the spring More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304751&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Bobcats With a Taste for Python Eggs Might Be the Guardians of Florida’s Swamp

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New research clarifies the capacity of rivers to filter pollutants

New research clarifies the capacity of rivers to filter pollutants Watershed size plays a major role in a river network's ability to act as a filter More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304752&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Does Social Media Make Teens Unhappy? It May Depend on Their Age.

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Mass Bleaching Event Hits Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

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Cannibalism Is More Ancient Than Once Thought, Trilobite Fossils Suggest

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How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey

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Fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows

Fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows Remains of plant material wedged between layers of volcanic rock More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304710&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Faster-acting graphene sensor detects opioid metabolites in wastewater

Faster-acting graphene sensor detects opioid metabolites in wastewater Sensor is quicker and cheaper than current opioid wastewater monitoring methods More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304711&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Life’s Preference for Symmetry Is Like ‘A New Law of Nature’

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NASA Plans to Give SpaceX Some Company on the Moon

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Moderna will seek emergency authorization of its vaccine for young children.

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Is a security feature on the way that makes computing faster?

Is a security feature on the way that makes computing faster? Computer scientists develop method to increase computing speed More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304707&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Scientists experiment with paper planes to study aerodynamics, flight stability

Scientists experiment with paper planes to study aerodynamics, flight stability Data from the research yield a new aerodynamic model and flight simulator More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304708&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Moderna will seek emergency authorization of its vaccine for young children.

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The Wreck of an 1830s Whaler Offers a Glimpse of America’s Racial History

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Abel Prize for 2022 Goes to New York Mathematician

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Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate

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Human Migration Brought Maize to Maya Region, Study Finds

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Solar illusion: Sun's coronal loops may not be what they seem

Solar illusion: Sun's coronal loops may not be what they seem New study challenges long-held assumptions about the structure of the sun's atmosphere More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304700&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope starts year-long science commissioning phase

Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope starts year-long science commissioning phase Earth's most powerful solar telescope begins scientific observations and ushers in a new age of solar science More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304701&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Russia’s Loss of Rocket Launch Business Becomes SpaceX’s Gain

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The Smaller Bombs That Could Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear War Zone

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Fewer rainy days and earlier springs linked in northern climates

Fewer rainy days and earlier springs linked in northern climates New model shows leaves appearing 1-2 days earlier each decade More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304698&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

'Fitbits' for streams

'Fitbits' for streams Scientists monitoring streams to predict how freshwater vital signs might shift with development, climate change More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304699&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Black adults were hospitalized at higher rates than whites during the U.S. Omicron wave.

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People shrug over flu. Will they soon be shrugging about Covid?

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Russia’s astronauts enter the space station in yellow and blue flight suits.

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People shrug over flu. Will they soon be shrugging about Covid?

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NASA’s Giant Moon Rocket Reaches the Launchpad for the First Time

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Pete Davidson No Longer Going to Space, Blue Origin Says

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Eugene N. Parker, 94, Dies; Predicted the Existence of Solar Wind

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Sailing into interstellar space

Sailing into interstellar space One of humanity's earliest inventions could be the key to safe interstellar travel More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304676&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov

Scientists develop new, accurate method to detect persistent chemicals

Scientists develop new, accurate method to detect persistent chemicals Data from powerful mass spectrometer survey and document omnipresent compounds More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304678&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is a Research News item. Read more at nsf.gov