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Second Moon Prompts Discussion on Second Thoughts about Contemporary Scientists
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a… moon? Don’t we already have one of those? From 29 September to 24 November 2024, the Earth will have a temporary “second moon,” the asteroid 2024 PT5.
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Against the Tide: A Cooling Pacific Amid Global Warming
Climate change: a straightforward tale of a warming planet right? Not quite. Beneath the global narrative lies a puzzling anomaly — a vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean defying trends by cooling over the last 40 years.
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NIPT: The Prenatal Game-Changer
A trip to the OB/GYN consists of many emotions, including anxiety in the case of prenatal testing. However, new noninvasive technology has been designed to test for inherited disease variants.
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Introduction to Stem Cells
What are stem cells and why are they important? What role do stem cells play in regenerative medicine, and is it ethical to study them?
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Sculptors of the Sea
From crop circles to fairy rings, we have always been fascinated by geometric patterns in nature and often attribute them to the supernatural.
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The Great Unconformity as a Springboard for the Cambrian Era
Understanding the history of the Earth has always been a challenge, one that geologists seek to overcome using evidence hidden away in the rock layers. However, geologists are currently presented with the unique instance of a geological unconformity that spans the continents.
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Paradox of Pre-Death Awareness: Insights into Terminal Lucidity
Terminal lucidity is a phenomenon that can be seen in end-of-life patients who have dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and brain cancers. It can be described as a brief burst of mental clarity that spans one to seven days in patients near the end of their lives.
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Long COVID: The Unknown Debilitating Disease Affecting Millions of Americans
For most, the horrors and inconveniences of COVID-19 are becoming a distant memory. However, for the case of many who suffer from Long COVID, patients don’t see a recovery period. In fact, their symptoms only seem to get worse.
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Solving the Organ Donor Crisis: One Pig at a Time
Every 8 minutes, one more person in America is added to the organ transplant waiting list. Sadly, many never make it off that list; 17 patients die everyday waiting for an organ donor.
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Advantage AI: Revolutionizing Professional Tennis with Advanced Technologies
Hawk-Eye is a computer vision system, and, since 2005, has been one of the first instances of artificial intelligence (AI) being fully-integrated into an elite sport, and subsequently 23 of the 25 other top sports leagues and federations globally. But, does AI always make a sport better?