Puerto Rico: The moment the Arecibo Observatory telescope collapsedon December 3, 2020 at 8:13 pm

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Video footage shows the moment that one of the world's largest telescopes collapsed at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory on Tuesday.…

Climate change: UK aims to cut emissions by 68% by end of 2030on December 3, 2020 at 10:39 pm

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image copyrightReutersThe UK will aim to cut its carbon emissions by at least 68% of what they were in 1990…

A leading AI ethics researcher says she’s been fired from Googleon December 3, 2020 at 10:33 pm

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She also sent a frustrated email to an internal listserv, Google Brain Women and Allies, detailing the repeated hardships she'd…

Does Dream Interpretation Have Any Scientific Basis?on December 3, 2020 at 2:10 pm

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Wake up in a cold sweat again? Your funky dreams -- before or during the pandemic -- might seem like…

Facebook will remove misinformation about covid-19 vaccineson December 3, 2020 at 6:38 pm

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The news: Facebook will remove false claims that have been "debunked by public health experts" about covid-19 vaccines, it has…

Female Serial Killers Exist, but Their Motives Are Differenton December 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm

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In 1985, criminologist Eric Hickey published the first -- to his knowledge -- academic paper on female serial killers. The…

Gaia ‘discovery machine’ updates star catalogueon December 3, 2020 at 5:22 pm

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"Just three years ago, there was a paper that stated this value would be far too small to measure. But,…

China’s Chang’e-5 mission leaves Moon’s surfaceon December 3, 2020 at 5:29 pm

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This is done by counting craters (the more craters, the older the surface), but it depends on having some definitive…

This is the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way ever madeon December 3, 2020 at 5:06 pm

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You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. Skip to Content Data collected by the European Space Agency's Gaia…

Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Knowon December 3, 2020 at 11:40 am

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Rhinos, elephants, whales and sharks -- the list of endangered species is long and depressing. But it's not just these…