Phys Org

• newLion cub Simba born in Singapore via artificial insemination
  The Singapore Zoo has welcomed a lion cub named Simba to its animal kingdom following artificial insemination that officials said Tuesday was a first for the city-state.
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• newHow did Florida fail to respond to a coral disease epizootic and what's to follow?
  By 2020, massive losses of large populations of corals have been observed throughout Florida and into the greater Caribbean basin. Taking into account the high mortality and the large number of susceptible species affected, this is likely the most le…
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• newStudy sheds new light on the behaviour of the giant carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus
  New research from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Maryland, has reignited the debate around the behavior of the giant dinosaur Spinosaurus.
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• newInequality in medieval Cambridge was 'recorded on the bones' of its residents
  Social inequality was "recorded on the bones" of Cambridge's medieval residents, according to a new study of hundreds of human remains excavated from three very different burial sites within the historic city centre.
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• newGorilla treated with antibodies recovering from COVID, says US zoo
  An elderly gorilla was recovering from a serious case of COVID-19 after he was treated with cutting-edge synthetic antibodies, the San Diego Zoo said Monday.
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• newStorm threatens Midwest with heavy snow, travel disruptions
  A major winter storm is threatening to blanket parts of the middle of the country with more than a foot of snow Monday, promising to disrupt travel and even forcing the closure of some coronavirus testing sites.
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• newSimulating 800,000 years of California earthquake history to pinpoint risks
  Massive earthquakes are, fortunately, rare events. But that scarcity of information blinds us in some ways to their risks, especially when it comes to determining the risk for a specific location or structure.
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• newWetter weather affects composition, numbers of tiny estuarial phytoplankton
  Research from North Carolina State University shows that extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and increased precipitation, affect both the amount and the composition of picophytoplankton in the Neuse River Estuary. The work is a first step in d…
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• newBiologists unravel full sequence of DNA repair mechanism
  Every living organism has DNA, and every living organism engages in DNA replication, the process by which DNA makes an exact copy of itself during cell division. While it's a tried-and-true process, problems can arise.
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• newBiologists show for the first time that mosses have a mechanism to protect them against cold
  A team led by plant biologists at the Universities of Freiburg and Göttingen in Germany has shown for the first time that mosses have a mechanism to protect them against cold that was previously known only in flowering plants. Professor Ralf Reski a…
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Wired

• newApple’s Newest Fitness Feature: Celeb-Hosted Outdoor Walks
  The company's latest subscription product combines outdoor fitness with podcasting, though you'll need an Apple Watch to enjoy it.
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• newCould Bobbie Hold 2 Spaceships Together in The Expanse?
  This scenario is very similar to a classic physics problem—but with more Martian armor.
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• newThe Wilds Is Lost With Whip-Smart Teen Drama
  Like its spiritual predecessor, Amazon’s new show is full of secrets. Unlike it, the series doesn’t get bogged down in solving mysteries.
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• newVizio's Rotating Soundbar Fills the Room With Great Surround
  The flagship (and expensive) Elevate has rotating drivers for when you play Dolby Atmos-supported movies or shows.
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• newSun-Loving Bacteria May Be Accelerating Glacial Melting
  Scientists find that cyanobacteria cause sediments on glaciers to clump, thus absorbing more sunlight. It's not great news for fans of lower sea levels.
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• newNew Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
  Machine learning programs trained with patients’ own reports find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people.
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• newStop Ignoring the Evidence on Covid-19 Treatments
  The studies are in, and for many patients convalescent plasma should be out. So why do doctors having such a hard time letting go?
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• The Truth About North Korea’s Ultra-Lockdown Against Covid-19
  The country has turned inward more than ever, leaving the true impact of the pandemic a mystery.
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• The Secret Ingredient That Powers Supernovas
  Three-dimensional computer simulations have solved the mystery of why doomed stars explode at all.
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• A Beginner’s Guide for Working Out at Home
  You can start by doing a few push-ups in your pajamas. Also, Chris Hemsworth has a workout app.
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Security

Popular Science

• newOn surviving—and leaving—prison during a pandemic

  

  US prisons are a disease's dream environment. During COVID-19, while many facilities struggled to control outbreaks, one Colorado woman offers a model for how to do better.
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• newLocal languages are dying out and taking invaluable knowledge with them

  

  Linguists and biologists find common ground in preserving endemic languages for the benefit of culture and our understanding of the natural world.
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• newThe places where Americans aren’t wearing masks

  

  The Biden administration's first week battling COVID-19, new coronavirus variants, and more COVID news for this week.
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• newCan a happy lamp help cure your winter blues?

  

  Light therapy, more colloquially known as a happy lamp, can help reset your circadian rhythm and alleviate seasonal affective disorder.
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• newIt’s a cosmic miracle that life on Earth’s lasted this long

  

  An earth scientist modeled our planet's history and future against other planets and exoplanets to reflect the changing characteristics of the solar system.
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• new5 graphs that show how bad COVID-19 is in LA County

  

  California was the model for how to handle the pandemic in the US last summer. Now it's topping the charts for case counts.
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• newCheck out this 10-billion-pixel, 3D panorama of an iconic painting

  

  A powerful 3D microscope helped create this ultra-detailed digital version of Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring." Just make sure you don't have a lot of other tabs open.
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• newThe best belt racks to keep your closet organized

  

  Belts racks are a great way to clean up your closet, keep track of what you have, and streamline getting dressed. Here’s what to look for in one...
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• newConnect all your entertainment and gaming gear with HDMI switchers

  

  HDMI switchers are an easy way to add gaming consoles, media players, and streaming boxes to your TV. Here’s how to choose the right one.
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• newThe best scuba and snorkel fins for divers of all abilities

  

  Scuba fins are essential when it comes to ocean exploration. The best pair for you will propel you through the water and to your next adventure.
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Singularity Hub

• newNew Fast-Charging, Low-Cost Batteries Could Be a Game-Changer for Electric Cars
  Despite their growing popularity, electric vehicle sales still lag behind gasoline cars, and one reason is the anxiety that comes from short ranges and slow refueling times—but recent breakthroughs suggest those fears might soon be dispelled. In th…
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• No Trees Harmed: MIT Aims to One Day Grow Your Kitchen Table in a Lab
  You’ve likely heard the buzz around lab-grown (or cultured) meat. We can now take a few cells from a live animal and grow those cells into a piece of meat. The process is kinder to animals, consumes fewer resources, and has less environmental impac…
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• This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 23)
  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE This Chinese Lab Is Aiming for Big AI Breakthroughs Will Knight | Wired “China produces as many artificial intelligence researchers as the US, but it lags in key fields like machine learning. The government hopes to make up…
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• Watch London’s Cool, Quirky Augmented Reality Art Exhibit at Home
  It hasn’t been a great few months for museums, what with the pandemic shutting many of them down and forcing the rest to greatly limit visitors. But a new, well-timed art exhibit went on display last month in London, and no reservations or masks we…
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• Earth Has Stayed Habitable for Billions of Years. Exactly How Lucky Did We Get?
  It took evolution three or four billion years to produce Homo sapiens. If the climate had completely failed just once in that time, then evolution would have come to a crashing halt and we would not be here now. So to understand how we came to exist…
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• This Artificial Heart Will Soon Be on the Market in Europe
  Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world, particularly in the US and Western Europe. Medical science has come up with some ingenious solutions to common heart problems, like pacemakers (which correct abnormal heart rhythms), s…
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• A Language AI Is Accurately Predicting Covid-19 ‘Escape’ Mutations
  For all their simplicity, viruses are sneaky little life forces. Take SARS-Cov-2, the virus behind Covid-19. Challenged with the human immune system, the virus has gradually reshuffled parts of its genetic material, making it easier to spread among a…
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• How Mirroring the Architecture of the Human Brain Is Speeding Up AI Learning
  While AI can carry out some impressive feats when trained on millions of data points, the human brain can often learn from a tiny number of examples. New research shows that borrowing architectural principles from the brain can help AI get closer to…
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• China Wants to Be the World’s AI Superpower. Does It Have What It Takes?
  China’s star has been steadily rising for decades. Besides slashing extreme poverty rates from 88 percent to under 2 percent in just 30 years, the country has become a global powerhouse in manufacturing and technology. Its pace of growth may slow d…
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• This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through January 16)
  CRYPTOCURRENCY Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes Nathaniel Popper | The New York Times “Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of…
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