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Here’s how the periodic table gets new elements - Science News
WEBApril 14, 2020 at 9:00 am. It’s not every day an element gets added to the periodic table. The last time it happened was 2016, when four new elements became official. For these elements ...
CRISPR enters its first human clinical trials - Science News
WEBAugust 14, 2019 at 8:00 am. Since its debut in 2012, CRISPR gene editing has held the promise of curing most of the over 6,000 known genetic diseases. Now it’s being put to the test. In the ...
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How tactics to fight climate change disinformation are evolving ...
WEBMay 18, 2021 · Not coincidentally, climate disinformation tactics have shifted from outright denial to distraction and delay ( SN: 1/16/21, p. 28 ). As disinformation tactics evolve, researchers continue to test ...
Cooling climate ‘consensus’ of 1970s never was - Science News
WEBOct 14, 2008 · Cooling climate ‘consensus’ of 1970s never was. The reasons to disbelieve that humans are causing global warming are many and varied, skeptics say. For example: Natural factors such as long ...
What a look at more than 3,000 kinds of cells in the human brain …
WEBOct 12, 2023 · Collectively, the new studies describe over 3,000 cell types that reside in the human brain. The main takeaway, Lein says, is that “the brain is really complex, from a cellular perspective ...
50 years ago, scientists didn’t know where heavy elements came …
WEBDec 20, 2019 · Five decades ago, scientists suspected ordinary supernovas created heavy elements. Now we know they don’t, but merging neutron stars do.
Weird ‘superionic’ matter could make up Earth’s inner core
WEBFeb 9, 2022 · Computer simulations described in two studies suggest that the material in Earth’s inner core, which includes iron and other, lighter elements, may be in a “superionic” state. That means ...
What the pandemic can teach us about ways to reduce air pollution
WEBJan 4, 2021 · What the pandemic can teach us about ways to reduce air pollution. Empty streets in New York City on May 2, 2020, highlight the dramatic disruption to human activity caused by COVID-19 lockdowns ...
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