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February 21, 2021
Feb. 18, 2021 — The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). About the size of a car, ...
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Venus Flytraps Found to Produce Magnetic Fields

Feb. 2, 2021 — The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that encloses its prey using modified leaves as a trap. During this process, electrical signals known as action potentials trigger the closure of the leaf lobes. An interdisciplinary team of scientists has now shown that these electrical ...
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Jan. 21, 2021 — Study participants continued to improve their antibodies months after initial infection, potentially due to exposure to remnants of the virus hidden ...
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Boys Who Play Video Games Have Lower Depression Risk

Feb. 18, 2021 — Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new ...
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Jan. 21, 2021 — Scientists show evidence that nitrogen acquired during Earth's formation came from both the inner and outer regions of the protoplanetary disk. The study has implications for signs of potential ...
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First Black Hole Ever Detected Is More Massive Than We Thought

Feb. 18, 2021 — New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe's most mysterious objects. The research shows the system known as Cygnus X-1 contains the most massive stellar-mass black hole ever detected without the use of gravitational ...
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February 21, 2021
Jan. 7, 2021 — New research explains how a 'stop-start' pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could explain why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the ...
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Quartz Crystals in the Stomach of Fossil Bird Complicates the Mystery of Its Diet

Feb. 19, 2021 — The fossil of a bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs was found with some sort of rocks in its stomach. Previously, researchers thought that these rocks were swallowed on purpose to help clean its stomach, like modern birds of prey do, giving a hint at its diet. But in a new study, scientists discovered that these rocks are quartz crystals that ...
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February 21, 2021
Dec. 1, 2020 — Young children who have experienced compassionate love and empathy from their mothers may be more willing to turn thoughts into action by being generous to others, a University of California, Davis, ...
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Time Management Can Work but in Unexpected Ways

Feb. 4, 2021 — Researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind meta-analysis of time management literature. Their study pored over data from 158 separate studies spanning four decades, six continents and involving more than 53,000 respondents. Their conclusion? Yes, time management does work. Though maybe not as one might initially ...
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