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Saturn’s moon Enceladus is already suspected of hosting extraterrestrial life, and new Cassini data suggests where that life might exist.
One father in Portland, Oregon is helping design the parks of the future with inclusive playground equipment that makes play accessible to all.
A pilot program in North Carolina offers one solution to scanning for a potential pig virus in our farm system - slurry testing.
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AIs design entire settlements in an annual Minecraft competition that could reveal uses for the tech in real-world urban planning.
Detection dogs that can smell coronavirus in a person’s sweat are now screening travelers for COVID-19 at Helsinki Airport.
Solar geoengineering would cool global temperatures — is it worth it?
Despite their abundance, nothing we know of eats viruses. But new research suggests microbes called protists might.
A MissionGO delivery drone carried a human kidney a record-breaking 10 miles, demonstrating how the devices could facilitate organ transplants.
The Resy Drive-Thru could help the restaurant industry survive the pandemic by serving as a creative new revenue stream for fine-dining chefs.
Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine isn’t the first to reach the final human trial stage, but it may have several advantages over its predecessors.
After spending two years on the ocean’s floor, Microsoft’s underwater data center had a much lower server failure rate than land-based data centers.
Scientists have discovered a new antibody therapy that can be inhaled to provide treatment and temporary immunity to the coronavirus.
High-quality sperm means high-quality animals, but the process can be expensive or inaccessible. CRISPR-edited “surrogate sires” may provide a solution.
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