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How The Military Helped Bring Back The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
The red-cockaded woodpecker has been listed as endangered for more than half a century, but that could soon change.In the final months of the Trump… -
How Fast Are Oceans Rising? The Answer May Be In Century-Old Shipping Logs
Off the coast of England, there's a tiny, wind-swept island with the remains of a lifeboat rescue station from the mid-1800s. The workers who once ran the… -
Scientists Talked To People In Their Dreams. They Answered
Researchers say two-way communication is possible with people who are asleep and dreaming. Specifically, with people who are lucid dreaming — that is,… -
Has Coronavirus Cleaning Gone Too Far?
The world has gotten really clean during the pandemic — and our hyper-sanitized lives may pose health risks. -
Can We Make Oxygen Out Of Thin (Martian) Air? MIT's Michael Hecht Has The MOXIE To Try
MOXIE is one of seven scientific instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance rover. -
Perseverance's Search For Life On Mars Could 'Answer All Our Dreams,' Says MIT Geobiologist
Tanja Bosak, a scientist on the Perseverance team, discusses the potential for life on Mars. -
'The Sky's Not Even The Limit': Cancer Survivor To Become Youngest American In Space
Hayley Arceneaux, 29, became a physician's assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital nearly a year ago, almost two decades after beating… -
Long-Term Studies Of COVID-19 Vaccines Hurt By Placebo Recipients Getting Immunized
Researchers are trying to learn more about COVID-19 vaccines from original study participants. The quest is hampered because many people who first received a placebo shot are opting for the vaccine. -
How Herd Immunity Works — And What Stands In Its Way
What will it take to finally halt the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.? To answer that question we've created a simulation of a mock disease we're… -
New Theory Suggests Dinosaur-Killing Impact Came From Edge Of Solar System
For decades, the prevailing theory about the extinction of the dinosaurs was that an asteroid from the belt between Mars and Jupiter slammed into the…
