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Researchers designed a soft, legless robot that can hop and navigate obstacle courses.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from - Science RSS Feed
Health officials in Whitehall are becoming increasingly worried by the emerging data on omicron, as NHS bosses warned that a significant rise in cases could add to current healthcare pressuresWednesday, December 8, 2021 from NYT > Science
New research links the geological oddities to intense ground shaking from earthquakes or asteroid impacts.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
NASA intends to learn more about stars, neutron stars, black holes, nebulae and other space objects by launching a new X-ray telescope satellite, the IXPE, from Florida early Thursday.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Recordings of fish 'whooping, croaking and growling' reveal reef coming back to life, scientists say.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from Evolution News & Views
In many districts evolutionary theory is taught as unquestionable dogma, with none of the theory’s weaknesses presented. SourceWednesday, December 8, 2021 from NYT > Science
In a first, wildlife officials have decided to provide food for the mammals, which have suffered catastrophic losses over the last year.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Indonesia aims to use biofuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but it may damage its forests in the process.Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from NYT > Science
A South African study found that Omicron may dull the power of coronavirus vaccines, but hinted that booster shots might help.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress that was underway before the spring of 2020.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Evolution News & Views
Think of it: a Hindu moderating a conversation between two Christian philosophers about science and faith — fascinating. SourceTuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
At one clinic serving low-income children, treatment for health problems that have gone unchecked during the pandemic is more in demand than coronavirus shots.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
The Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full operation after more than a month of interruptions due to communication trouble with the orbiting observatory, NASA said Tuesday.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Anthropology-News
How has the heightened digital mediation brought about by the pandemic reconfigured sociality, intimacy, ideas of “normalcy,” and even ethnographic practice itself? The post Digital Sociality in COVID-19 Japan appeared first on...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science - Los Angeles Times
Vice President Kamala Harris urges Congress to keep maternal health in the spending package, calls on states to expand Medicaid postpartum coverage.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science & Health from Newser
A new study of nearly a half-million Americans presents pretty clear evidence that the pandemic is doing bad things to our blood pressure, reports CNN . And that's especially true for women. The study, published in Circulation by...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
Melting glaciers may produce thousands of miles of new Pacific salmon habitat, a study published Tuesday by Nature Communications found.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
A mission overseen by the U.S. Space Force to send equipment into space aboard an Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida early Tuesday after a delay of several days.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
From February to July, an entire pack and three other wolves were found dead from poisoning, according to the authorities.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity and shorten security procedures for those passengers who opt into the programs.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from BBC News - Science & Environment
Airbus will lead the construction of the Ariel observatory which will study 1,000 distant worlds.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
Merck and Pfizer will soon debut prescription pills to treat Covid-19. And more drugs are on the way.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
A new clinic focuses on patients left grappling with the aftermath of treatment in ways that are rarely appreciated by doctors.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
MINYA, EGYPT— Ahram Online reports that researchers from the University of Barcelona are investigating two tombs in Upper Egypt at the site of El-Bahnasa, which is also known as Oxyrhynchus. The tombs have been dated to the 26th Dynasty,...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
OSLO, NORWAY—The Associated Press reports that an exploration of the 100-acre area surrounding the site of southeastern Norway’s Gjellestad ship with ground-penetrating radar has detected a cluster of Iron Age longhouses and...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology Magazine
ADIYAMAN, TURKEY—According to an Anadolu Agency report, excavations at the site of the ancient city of Perrhe, which is located in southeastern Turkey, have uncovered a Roman fountain, aqueducts, dwellings, and public buildings. “Based...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from nzherald.co.nz - Science
The arrival of vaccine passes appears to have prompted more Kiwis to get their jabs – putting New Zealand on course to reach a double-dose rate of 91 per cent by New Year. Experts have also put the bump down to concerns over nationwide...Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from NYT > Science
New research published in the journal Nature suggests that the prints, discovered in Tanzania in 1976, were left by an unidentified hominin, or early human ancestor, more than 3.6 million years ago.Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from Evolution News & Views
Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. SourceTuesday, December 7, 2021 from Science & Health from Newser
A group representing Germany's main scientific organizations has accused the country's biggest-selling newspaper of contributing to public hostility against scientists during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement Monday, the Alliance...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Evolution News & Views
New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. SourceMonday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
Scientists in a cutting-edge laboratory do part of the work. Local health workers on foot do the rest.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
A survey of more than 80,000 physicians estimated that women make 25 percent less than men over a 40-year career.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
People unknowingly group themselves with like-minded others online, fueling political polarization simply by curating their news feeds, a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study found.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
Average blood pressure readings increased as the coronavirus spread, new research suggests. The finding portends medical repercussions far beyond Covid-19.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Evolution News & Views
Charles Darwin conceded that such instincts are “so wonderful” that their origin would strike many as “a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.” SourceMonday, December 6, 2021 from Science & Health from Newser
Add hippos to the list of animals that can be infected with the coronavirus. In what zookeepers believe is a world first, two hippos at a zoo in Belgium tested positive for COVID-19 after workers noticed they had runny noses, the...Monday, December 6, 2021 from Anthropology-News
Human-animal interactions have played an important role in evolution. Pets—and their role in human social life—are part of that story. The post Relationships with Our Pets Offer Social Stability during COVID-19 appeared first on...Monday, December 6, 2021 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Science News - UPI.com
NASA announced 10 astronaut candidates Monday near Johnson Space Center in Houston -- six men and four women who someday may walk on the moon.Monday, December 6, 2021 from BBC News - Science & Environment
The six men and four women could fly to the space station and on future missions to the Moon.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
The recruits, selected from a pool of 12,000 applicants, will begin two years of training, and some of them may one day walk on the moon.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
Educators: We want to hear how you incorporate Science Times and other STEM coverage into your curriculum.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Anthropology-News
The Non-Fungible Token art market is popular among cryptocurrency fans. But gendered marketplace dynamics dominate. The post Gender in the New NFT Economy appeared first on Anthropology News .Monday, December 6, 2021 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement on Monday, saying the decision was designed to help head off the worsening coronavirus surge.Monday, December 6, 2021 from Science & Health from Newser
As the 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party approached in July, the government wanted to make sure that the event was pulled off without a hitch—including ensuring there was good weather for the big day. Which is why researchers...Monday, December 6, 2021 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
Sarah Gilbert helped develop the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. She says without more spending to fight emerging viral threats, the next pandemic could be more contagious and more lethal.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NPR Topics: Health & Science
Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.Monday, December 6, 2021 from NYT > Science
To visitors, the Norwegian archipelago can seem both ethereal and eternal. But climate change all but guarantees an eventual collapse of its vulnerable ecosystem.