Category: 7. SciTech
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Single hair strand trapped in Inca device could change what’s known about medieval civilisation
A hair strand uncovered from an Incan astronomical device suggests record-keeping in the empire was prevalent not only among elite individuals…
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Scot, 12, named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design
A UK pupil who designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people has been named on the first-ever Time…
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Shark-like prehistoric whale with razor-sharp teeth discovered off Australia
Fossils unearthed along Victoria’s Surf Coast have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species with special adaptations for hunting,…
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Fossil teeth lead to discovery of human species that lived alongside our oldest ancestors
Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 million years…
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France’s Largest Nuclear Plant Was Brought to a Halt … by Jellyfish : ScienceAlert
A nuclear power plant in northern France hit by a jellyfish invasion was getting back online on Wednesday, operator EDF said, with service restored at the first of four closed reactors.
The Gravelines facility near Dunkirk on the French coast is the largest nuclear power plant in western…
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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines
One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut…
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