Carbon-ring molecules tied to life were found in space for the first time
Complex carbon-bearing molecules that could help explain how life got started have been identified in space for the first time. These molecules, called polycyclic...
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New drugs that block a brain chemical are game changers for some migraine sufferers
Hayley Gudgin of Sammamish, Wash., got her first migraine in 1991 when she was a 19-year-old nursing student. “I was convinced I was having...
Can room-temperature superconductors work without extreme pressure?
For decades, scientists quested after a room-temperature superconductor. Now that they’ve finally found one, the hunt is on for an even better material. Until...
‘Oumuamua may be a chip knocked off an icy, Pluto-like exoplanet
Since its discovery, the interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua has defied explanation. First spotted in 2017, it has been called an asteroid, a comet...
‘The Code Breaker’ tells the story of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna
The Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster, $35 With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine isn’t tied to blood clots, experts say
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of blood clots, the European Medicines Agency announced March 18. That’s the conclusion of...
An ancient shark’s weird fins helped it glide like a manta ray
Thirty million years before manta rays began gracefully gliding through ocean waters, a shark with fantastically elongated fins gave such underwater flight a go,...
Two bonobos adopted infants outside their group, marking a first for great apes
Attentive parenting appears across the animal world, but adoption is rarer, especially when youngsters taken in aren’t kin. Now researchers have witnessed bonobos adopting...
We still don’t know for sure where the coronavirus came from. Here’s why
More than a year after the novel coronavirus had spread to all corners of the globe, officially becoming a pandemic, we still don’t know...
Coronavirus reinfections appear rare, especially in people younger than 65
Second bouts of COVID-19 are rare, though people 65 years and older may be at higher risk of reinfection than younger ones, a study...
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