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October 9, 2024 5:16 AM

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. The awards continue with the literature prize on Thursday.

by The Associated Press

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October 8, 2024 5:30 AM

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries in machine learning

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning.

by The Associated Press

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October 7, 2024 5:33 PM

A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the damage, with the goal of helping future asteroid deflection.

by Chandelis Duster

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October 7, 2024 5:02 AM

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

by The Associated Press

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October 3, 2024 5:59 AM

Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names

On Thursday, a major birding society will discuss how to go about changing potentially offensive bird names. There's resistance to the original plan to rename all birds named after people.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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September 29, 2024 8:10 AM

SpaceX launches ISS-bound crew that hopes to bring home 2 stuck astronauts

Two astronauts were launched on a five-month mission that also hopes to rescue two NASA astronauts left behind on the ISS. The four are expected to return to Earth in February.

by Emma Bowman

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September 25, 2024 2:58 AM

The slowest of trailblazers: Better DNA testing means trafficked turtles can go home

New technology is making it easier to find the origins of trafficked wildlife so they can be released back to the habitat they came from, instead of languishing for decades as sometimes happens.

by Ari Daniel

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September 21, 2024 3:57 PM

A new ‘mini-moon’ comes to Earth this fall

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth’s gravity this fall. The “mini-moon” will spend about two months in Earth’s orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun.

by Michael Levitt

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September 16, 2024 4:00 AM

A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse

This month's harvest moon will not only coincide with a supermoon, but also with a blood moon and partial lunar eclipse.

by Chandelis Duster

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September 15, 2024 2:37 AM

Four astronauts on Polaris Dawn flight return to Earth after 1st commercial spacewalk

The five-day trip, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, broke several records including the first-ever commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Polaris Dawn mission.

by Russell Lewis

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Science

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries in machine learning

A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names

SpaceX launches ISS-bound crew that hopes to bring home 2 stuck astronauts

The slowest of trailblazers: Better DNA testing means trafficked turtles can go home

A new ‘mini-moon’ comes to Earth this fall

A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse

Four astronauts on Polaris Dawn flight return to Earth after 1st commercial spacewalk

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