Topic: scientific consensus
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The Hunt for Alien Artifacts Is Heating Up
The search for extraterrestrial technology, or technosignatures, is becoming a more rigorous scientific field, driven by new detection methods and the discovery of interstellar objects. Researchers face the challenge of identifying unknown artifacts, leading to innovative techniques like analyzin...
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Surviving Extreme Temperatures and the Whale-Wind Turbine Myth
Extreme temperatures driven by climate change pose a severe threat to human health, causing tens of thousands of heat-related deaths in Europe in 2023 and projecting millions more this century. Scientists are advancing research on human thermoregulation to redefine thermal limits and develop surv...
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National Academies Defies Congress, Releases Critical Climate Report
The National Academies of Science released a report affirming that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, countering recent EPA efforts to revisit this determination. The report concludes that scientific evidence has only strengthened since the 2009 endangerment finding, with advanc...
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Tiny RNA Molecule Replicates Itself in Lab
Researchers have discovered a remarkably short, 45-nucleotide RNA strand capable of copying itself, providing a tangible model for how early genetic material might have initiated life's complexity. This finding supports the "RNA world" hypothesis, as RNA can both store genetic information and cat...
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