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Experts describe how rat poison linked to a recent bleeding outbreak does its damage
Devin Powell is a freelance science journalist living in New York City. His work has been published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Nature, National Geographic, Smithsonian and a variety of other news outlets. Credit: Nick Higgins
Experts describe how rat poison linked to a recent bleeding outbreak does its damage
California state bill seeks to legalize liquefaction of corpses
Male bugs with time bomb gene could sire sterile females in a possible alternative to chemical pesticides
The new administration will champion controversial school choice policy and potentially undermine the teaching of evolution and climate change
Engaging the public has long been taboo in scientific circles, but social media outlets are starting to force a change
A decades-old search has closed in on the recursive pattern that describes electron behavior
Physicist Frank Wilczek's proposal for 'time crystals' has been challenged but he has doubled down
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer orbiter will analyze the moon's atmosphere and help solve the mystery of its glowing horizons
Optical systems are set to handle planetary science's big data
The Hubble Space Telescope was used to measure visible light from one of the best-studied planets outside our solar system, HD 189733 b
A miniature lithium ion device could power medical devices or miniature robots
The quark quartet opens a fresh vista on matter
Photons emerge as competitors to electrons in new computer circuits
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket currently is NASA's cargo hauler to the International Space Station, but Orbital Sciences is set for an April test flight of its Antares rocket
A123 Systems, which commercialized different approaches to lithium ion rechargeable batteries, went under after an 11-year run
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