In spite of advances in making laboratory-cultured meat products taste like the real deal, we’re yet to see a single factory pumping chicken nuggets out of a vat. That might not be such a...
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There Are 8 Boundaries For a Safe Planet. To Be Fair, Earth Would Fail 7 of Them. : ScienceAlert
Humanity’s consumption comes at a cost to a wide variety of planetary systems that depend on one another for sustainability. Like dominoes, instability in one leans heavily on others in line, creating a set...
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A Compact Fusion Reactor Barely 3 Feet Across Has Hit a Huge Milestone : ScienceAlert
Ions inside a compact fusion reactor barely a meter (less than 3 feet) across have been heated to the magic figure of 100 million degrees Celsius (some 180 million degrees Fahrenheit) for the first...
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Geyser Seen Spraying 6,000 Miles Into Space From Saturn’s Moon : ScienceAlert
Since the Cassini spacecraft discovered plumes of water vapor erupting from geysers on Enceladus nearly 20 years ago, Saturn’s ice-covered ocean moon has been a hot topic. The James Webb Space Telescope has now...
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Most of Us Carry a Virus Few Have Heard of. Here’s Why It’s Important. : ScienceAlert
“Why didn’t anyone tell me about this virus?” is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than half of the US population...
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The Temptation to Open Pandora’s Box Could Set Us Apart From Other Apes : ScienceAlert
Compared to apes, human children are more likely to open a mystery ‘box’ over one with known contents, a new study finds. This suggests that one thing that makes us unique as a species...
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We May Have Misunderstood Precisely What Makes Our Brains Tick : ScienceAlert
The human brain is made up of around 86 billion neurons, linked by trillions of connections. For decades, scientists have believed that we need to map this intricate connectivity in detail to understand how...
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World’s First X-Ray of a Single Atom Reveals Chemistry on The Smallest Level : ScienceAlert
Atoms may not have bones, but we still want to know how they are put together. These tiny particles are the basis on which all normal matter is built (including our bones), and understanding...
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This Woman Feels No Pain. Decoding Her DNA Could Bring Relief to Millions. : ScienceAlert
Jo Cameron is a 75-year-old Scottish woman who has gone through life without experiencing significant pain of any kind. Even major surgery and childbirth failed to deliver the discomfort most of us would experience....
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The World’s Deadliest Spider Can Tweak Its Venom Depending Its Mood : ScienceAlert
The potent cocktail of toxins in the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders seems to vary depending on context. A new analysis of how funnel-web spiders produce their venom shows that factors...
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