Morphing noodles start flat but bend into curly pasta shapes as they’re cooked
This pasta is no limp noodle. When imprinted with carefully designed arrangements of grooves, flat pasta morphs as it cooks, forming tubes, spirals and...
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Vaccine hesitancy is nothing new. Here’s the damage it’s done over centuries
As vaccines to protect people from COVID-19 started becoming available in late 2020, the rhetoric of anti-vaccine groups intensified. Efforts to keep vaccines out...
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is OK for kids 12 to 15 years old, FDA says
Adolescents as young as 12 may soon begin rolling up their sleeves to get COVID-19 vaccines in the United States. The U.S. Food and...
Scientists remotely controlled the social behavior of mice with light
With the help of headsets and backpacks on mice, scientists are using light to switch nerve cells on and off in the rodents’ brains...
Planet-forming disks around stars may come preloaded with ingredients for life
The chemistry leading to life may start before stars are even born. In the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around a young star,...
A common antibiotic slows a mysterious coral disease
Slathering corals in a common antibiotic seems to temporarily soothe a mysterious tissue-eating disease, new research suggests. Just off Florida, a type of coral...
How India’s COVID-19 crisis became the worst in the world
PUNE, India — Mohanish Ellitam watched helplessly as his 49-year-old mother’s oxygen levels dipped dangerously and she gasped for air. “I could see her stomach...
Mild zaps to the brain can boost a pain-relieving placebo effect
Placebos can make us feel better. Mild electric zaps to the brain can make that effect even stronger, scientists report online May 3 in...
T. rex’s incredible biting force came from its stiff lower jaw
The fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex could generate tremendous bone-crushing bite forces thanks to a stiff lower jaw. That stiffness stemmed from a boomerang-shaped bit of...
Mangrove forests on the Yucatan Peninsula store record amounts of carbon
Coastal mangrove forests are carbon storage powerhouses, tucking away vast amounts of organic matter among their submerged, tangled root webs. But even for mangroves,...
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