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38 degrees Celsius (100,4º F) in the middle of the Arctic Circle?
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Do artificial brains need to sleep … and have dreams?
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SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites with a reused Falcon 9 rocket
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The death marker protein cleans up your muscles after exercise
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports have demonstrated that physical activity prompts a clean-up of muscles as the protein Ubiquitin tags onto worn-out...
Virgin Orbit fails its first test to launch its LauncherOne into space
Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's company that seeks to launch a rocket from the air, failed its first test in orbit. After flying a modified Boeing 747, the company was...
Study finds that four out of ten people may be immune to coronavirus without...
Scientists around the world are competing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and epidemiologists are trying to predict how the pandemic will develop until such a vaccine becomes available.
However, both...
Preliminary study indicates that mild cases of COVID-19 generate immunity
A study from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, still awaiting a final review by the scientific community, concludes that the vast majority of mild cases of COVID-19 generate...
This microbe offers a way to avoid 400,000 deaths a year
A group of researchers in Kenya have discovered a microbe that is able to completely protect mosquitoes from becoming infected with malaria. This finding has "enormous potential" to minimize...
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