[ad_1] The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will have a rendezvous with the space rock on September 26 after launching 10 months ago. The spacecraft will slam into an asteroid’s moon to see how it affects the motion of an asteroid in space. A live stream of images captured by the spacecraft […]
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[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. It was unclear whether it was a meteor or a piece of space debris, said Aine O’Brien, a doctoral student at the University of Glasgow and a member of the UK Fireball Alliance, which
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[ad_1] Written by Kristen Rogers, CNN Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When photographer Marc Schlossman held an extinct, dead bird in his hand, he had what he called a “conversion moment.” Standing in the birds division of Chicago’s Field Museum
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[ad_1] The stone, called lonsdaleite, has a hardness and strength that exceeds that of a regular diamond. The rare mineral arrived here by way of a meteorite, new research has suggested. The revelation started to unfold when geologist Andy Tomkins, a professor at Monash University in Australia, was out in the field categorizing meteorites. He
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[ad_1] In the new video advertisement from the public education campaign, released Thursday and titled “At Risk,” text reads “9 out of 10 Covid deaths were people over 50” and “vaccines lower the risk of death,” as music plays in the background. “So get your updated Covid vaccine. Now.” An English version of the ad
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[ad_1] Understandably, these events have sparked a lot of questions: Why does one case of polio worry officials? What does it mean to find poliovirus in wastewater? Who should be worried about contracting the disease? If someone had the vaccine years ago, are they still protected now? To understand more about this disease, which most
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[ad_1] CNN — Survivors of sexual assault who are treated at emergency departments may be billed thousands of dollars for their care if they are uninsured, a new report finds, and even those with private health insurance have to cover some of the costs out-of-pocket. Researchers used national data for emergency room visits and found
[ad_1] Public health experts have worried that stigma could steer people away from getting tested and vaccinated. A new name can help slow the spread of the disease, they say, but it needs to come quickly. But that was months ago. Typically, the scientist who isolates a virus gets to suggest a name. The naming
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[ad_1] Today, Blonsky, a former environmental logistics manager, is the co-founder of All Bodies on Bikes and a trailblazer of the body-size inclusion movement within the cycling world. Blonsky works with the cycling industry to design activewear that fits larger bodies, create inclusive biking groups around the country and inspire people of all sizes to
[ad_1] The pandemic didn’t help. Access to novelty and the unknown was cut off these past few years. There was less exposure to other people’s cooking, limited extracurricular activities and traveling, and fewer playdates with new friends whose homes have different smells, foods and rules, among other missed opportunities. Making matters worse, Covid-19 turned the
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