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Rabies Kills Tens of Thousands Yearly. Vaccinating Dogs Could Stop It.
James Gorman - Nytimes.com 5h 2 tweets
Sometimes the interests of humans and animals are the same, but humans have to save the animals first.
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NYT Science Rabies kills 59,000 people a year. Vaccinating dogs can stop it. 5h
Here Are the 18 African-American Astronauts
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It was 22 years after Alan Shepard’s first space trip that the U.S. sent a person of color up.
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NYT Science At a ceremony honoring the first black astronaut, the director of the Kennedy Space Center said: “Maj. Lawrence truly was a hero. He took that first step setting the stage for what was to come.” These are the remarkable men and women who came next. 45h
We Went to the Moon. Why Can’t We Solve Climate Change?
John Schwartz - Nytimes.com 4d 23 tweets
The original moon shoot inspired billions. Calling climate action a moon shot isn't an perefect parallel — but maybe we should try it anyway.
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NYT Science The original moon shot inspired billions. Calling action on climate action a moon shot isn't an apt comparison — but maybe we should try it anyway. 47h
How to Save the Amazon Rain Forest
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Countries in the Amazon Basin are falling behind on their targets to cut deforestation. Environmental enforcement combined with economic incentives could provide a way forward.
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NYT Science From : "Scientists warn that we may be close to a 'tipping point' — a degree of deforestation at which the Amazon basin will no longer be able to generate its own rainfall by recycling moisture and thus cease to support rain forest ecosystems." 49h
Your Apollo 11-Inspired Guide to Eclipses, Supermoons and More Lunar Events
Nicholas St. Fleur - Nytimes.com 52h 1 tweets
Eclipses, supermoons and other astronomical highlights to look forward to, years into the future.
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NYT Science Your guide to eclipses, supermoons and more amazing lunar events in the decades to come, just in time for #Apollo50 52h
Earlier Ebola Outbreaks, and How the World Overcame Them
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Hemorrhagic fever inspires almost mythic terror, but whether it can be beaten depends more on people than on medical advances.
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NYT Science Keeping calm may do more to fight Ebola than vaccines ever can. 55h
For 50 Years Since Apollo 11, Presidents Have Tried to Take That Next Giant Leap
Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 3d 2 tweets
President Trump is only the latest to propose returning to the moon and then heading to Mars. But he faces the burdens of history to accomplish what his predecessors could not.
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NYT Science The presidents who followed Kennedy and Apollo 11 accomplished remarkable things in space. Yet none of it ever fired the national imagination as did humans traveling to the moon. 3d
Apollo 11: As They Shot It
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From the Earth to the moon, in the astronauts’ words and photographs.
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NYT Science You’ve never seen the Apollo 11 moon landing like this before: 3d
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NYT Science 50 years ago, this was the precise moment that Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the surface of the moon. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." You’ve never seen the Apollo 11 moon landing like this before: 45h
Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That.
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Jessica Wade has added nearly 700 Wikipedia biographies for important female and minority scientists in less than two years.
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NYT Science “Our science can only benefit the whole of society if it’s done by the whole of society," says Jessica Wade, a physicist who adds biographies of female and minority scientists to Wikipedia daily. 3d
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NYT Science “Our science can only benefit the whole of society if it’s done by the whole of society," says Jessica Wade, a physicist who adds biographies of female and minority scientists to Wikipedia daily. 57h
Mitchell Feigenbaum, Physicist Who Made Sense of Chaos, Dies at 74
Kenneth Chang - Nytimes.com 4d 6 tweets
His discovery of what seemed at first a mathematical curiosity led to what is known as the Feigenbaum constant, a pattern of chaos found in nature.
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NYT Science Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, a pioneer in the field of mathematical physics known as chaos, has died 3d
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NYT Science Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, a pioneer in the field of mathematical physics known as chaos, has died 57h
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NYT Science Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, a pioneer in the field of mathematical physics known as chaos, has died 3d
This New Liquid is Magnetic, and Mesmerizing
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Scientists have created “soft” magnets that can flow and change shape, and that could be a boon to medicine and robotics.
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NYT Science For centuries, all of our magnets were solid ones. Now scientists have created liquid ones, capable of moving and changing shape -- a potential boon to medicine, robotics and more 4d
E.P.A. Won’t Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 4d 23 tweets
The decision not to prohibit the pesticide, which has been linked to developmental disabilities, comes after years of legal wrangling.
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NYT Science E.P.A. will allow continued use of a pesticide linked to brain damage in children. 4d
The Jury Said He Killed Her Daughter. She Helped Clear His Name.
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Something about the confession did not sound right. So an Idaho mother pushed to use the emerging technique of genetic genealogy to find another suspect.
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NYT Science Genetic genealogy, a new forensic technique that relies on cousins' DNA, has helped exonerate someone for the first time. 4d
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NYT Science Genetic genealogy, a new forensic technique that relies on cousins' DNA, has helped exonerate someone for the first time. 4d
Why Are These Mice Hallucinating? Scientists Are in Their Heads
Carl Zimmer - Nytimes.com 4d 5 tweets
New laser technology appeared to trigger particular images in the brains of lab mice.
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NYT Science Scientists planted a specific visual image in the brains of mice. (Coming soon: Netflix beamed directly into your brain?) 4d
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NYT Science It takes the stimulation of just two neurons to induce hallucinations in the brains of mice. If that's all, why are we not hallucinating all the time? 4d
The Story of 8 Unforgettable Words About Apollo 11
John Schwartz - Nytimes.com 5d 12 tweets
John Noble Wilford recounts some of what went into writing the story of humanity’s giant leap for the July 21, 1969, edition of The New York Times.
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NYT Science One of the biggest stories of the century. How it came to be written is a pretty good story in itself. 4d
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NYT Science The story behind 8 of the most memorable words ever published in 55h
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NYT Science 50 years ago this morning, this was the front page of -- read the story behind the story here: 36h
Apollo 11 Anniversary: Everything You Need to Read on the Moon Landing
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The New York Times has been covering the anniversary of the moon landing, looking back at the event’s meaning and forward to humankind’s next giant leaps in space.
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NYT Science Apollo 11: Everything you need to read on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing 4d
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NYT Science Apollo 11: Everything you need to read on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing 3d
Intensive Anti-H.I.V. Efforts Meet With Mixed Success in Africa
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Scientists tested a costly approach to curbing the AIDS epidemic: Test everyone in the community, and treat anyone who is infected.
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NYT Science The studies cost more than $200 million and included nearly 1.5 million Africans. But intensive testing and treatment still wasn't enough to end the AIDS epidemic in these communities. 5d
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NYT Science The studies cost more than $200 million and included nearly 1.5 million Africans. But intensive testing and treatment still wasn't enough to end the AIDS epidemic in these communities. 5d
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias
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The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
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NYT Science The first woman to walk on the moon will face added hurdles simply because everything in space carries the legacy of Apollo. It was designed by men, for men. 5d
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NYT Science In the 1950s during testing of the “First Lady Astronaut Trainees,” the doctor who designed tests for early American astronauts discovered that women might be better suited to space than men 53h
‘Toxic Stew’ Stirred Up by Disasters Poses Long-Term Danger, New Findings Show
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Wildfires and hurricanes are pushing chemicals into the environment, with health effects that scientists are just beginning to understand.
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NYT Science Is climate change already making us sick? Research tracks health effects as disasters get worse. 6d
Lion Bones Are Profitable for Breeders, and Poachers
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An American ban on trophies may have contributed to a growing trade in lion skeletons.
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NYT Science Demand for lion bones is rising in Asia -- but mostly because they're being passed off as tiger bones. 6d