Does The Amount of Coronavirus You're Exposed to Determine How Sick You'll Get?
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Does The Amount of Coronavirus You're Exposed to Determine How Sick You'll Get?
Healthcare workers are likely to be in contact with many COVID-19 patients every day. Being in contact with more people with the disease means that, in theory, they will be exposed to higher doses of the coronavirus over time.
Bizarre Exoplanets Orbiting Binary Stars May Have Strangely Misaligned Orbits
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There's an iconic scene in the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker looks out over the desert landscape of Tatooine at the amazing spectacle of a double sunset.
What Happens To Your Body When You Die In Space
We've lost only 18 people in space since humankind first took to strapping ourselves to rockets. What happens when it may be months or years before a body can get back to Earth - or where it's impractical to bring the body back at all?
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We've lost only 18 people in space since humankind first took to strapping ourselves to rockets. What happens when it may be months or years before a body can get back to Earth - or where it's impractical to bring the body back at all?
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WHO Investigates Reports of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive Again
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WHO Investigates Reports of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive Again
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Saturday that it is investigating reports that coronavirus patients who initially tested negative tested positive for the virus days later.
At Least 70 Coronavirus Vaccines Are Already in Development, WHO Report Shows
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At Least 70 Coronavirus Vaccines Are Already in Development, WHO Report Shows
At least 70 potential coronavirus vaccines are currently in development, with 3 already in clinical trials, according to the World Health Organisation.
Physicists Caught Ghost-Like Particles Break Symmetry With Their Antimatter Twins
Neutrinos may help us understand how matter prevailed over antimatter
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Physicists Caught Ghost-Like Particles Break Symmetry With Their Antimatter Twins
We're all here only because reality is an imperfect reflection of itself. Thanks to a flaw in the symmetry of nature, plenty of material was available to clump into the billions of galaxies we now see in the Universe.
A Mislabelled Space Object Just Turned Out to Be The Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Yet
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A Mislabelled Space Object Just Turned Out to Be The Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Yet
An international team of scientists have discovered an exciting, Earth-sized exoplanet that's capable of supporting liquid water.
It's Official: SpaceX Will Carry Its First Humans to The Space Station Next Month
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It's Official: SpaceX Will Carry Its First Humans to The Space Station Next Month
A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announced on Friday, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade.
Scientists Design Super-Light Carbon Nanostructure That's Stronger Than Diamond
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Scientists Design Super-Light Carbon Nanostructure That's Stronger Than Diamond
Scientists have found a new way to structure carbon at the nanoscale, making a material that's superior to diamond on the strength-to-density ratio.
Scientists Still Don't Know if Recovering From COVID-19 Confers Immunity or Not
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Scientists Still Don't Know if Recovering From COVID-19 Confers Immunity or Not
Even as virologists zero in on the virus that causes COVID-19, a very basic question remains unanswered: do those who recover from the disease have immunity?
Oxford University Just Injected The First Participants in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
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Oxford University Just Injected The First Participants in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Oxford University is launching a human trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine, with the daunting aim of making a successful jab available to the public later this year.
NASA Has Designed a Mass-Producible Ventilator For a Second Wave of COVID-19
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NASA Has Designed a Mass-Producible Ventilator For a Second Wave of COVID-19
NASA engineers have designed a mass-producible ventilator tailored to coronavirus patients, and it could get emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration by the weekend.
Spacecraft Snaps Haunting Images of Our Little Blue Planet on Its Way to Mercury
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Spacecraft Snaps Haunting Images of Our Little Blue Planet on Its Way to Mercury
Farewell! Even though the BepiColombo mission launched for Mercury in 2018, it's still hanging around the Earth – at least, briefly, as shown in this stunning image recently released by the European Space Agency.
There's Still 'No Evidence' People Who've Had COVID-19 Can't Get It Again, Warns WHO
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There's Still 'No Evidence' People Who've Had COVID-19 Can't Get It Again, Warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday that there is no evidence that people who test positive for the new coronavirus are immunised and protected against reinfection.
Astronomers Have Found a Star That Survived Being Swallowed by a Black Hole
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Astronomers Have Found a Star That Survived Being Swallowed by a Black Hole
When black holes swallow down massive amounts of matter from the space around them, they're not exactly subtle about it. They belch out tremendous flares of X-rays, generated by the material heating to intense temperatures as it's sucked towards th
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New Tests Suggest a Fundamental Constant of Physics Isn't The Same Across The Universe
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New Tests Suggest a Fundamental Constant of Physics Isn't The Same Across The Universe
Scientists have found evidence that a fundamental physical constant used to measure electromagnetism between charged particles can in fact be rather inconstant, according to measurements taken from a quasar some 13 billion light-years away.