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Most advanced mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 produced robust immune response in all patients

11.8k points 606 comments

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Scientists Discovered a Gigantic Structure in a Hidden Zone of Space: Scientists have spotted a gargantuan bow-like structure made of galaxies that stretches for 1.4 billion light years across the skies above the South Pole.

11k points 378 comments

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Do oceans get roughly homogeneous rainfall, or are parts of Earth's oceans basically deserts or rainforests?

10.4k points 429 comments

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Pluto revealed: New Horizons' famously flew by Pluto five years ago today, changing our view of the puny, complex world forever.

409 points 23 comments

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Italian scientists have successfully completed a socially distant, remote-controlled surgery from 9-miles away. Using lasers, robots, and a 3D camera, this approach could be used for surgeries in remote parts of the world and in space aboard the ISS.

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Lisa Fazio, a psychology professor who studies why people believe misinformation and how to correct it, AMA!

309 points 53 comments

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Narcissistic employees are more likely to take charge at work and have more psychological energy, study finds. The researchers propose that narcissism is linked to proactive behaviors in the workplace, through employees’ levels of energy on the job.

244 points 30 comments

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The last night launch of a space shuttle

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The percentage of adults 60 years or older who are vaccinated against shingles soared nearly 5-fold in the past decade, but older Hispanic or Black individuals are only half as likely to receive the vaccine as their White counterparts.

236 points 29 comments

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Study shows N95 mask may be disinfected by steaming with microwave using common household items without degradation of mask

451 points 80 comments

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Smoking greatly increases the risk of COVID-19 mortality and morbidity in young adults

7.98k points 790 comments

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AskScience AMA Series: I am Jonathan Berman, author of the forthcoming "Antivaxxers: How To Challenge A Misinformed Movement" from MIT press, former co-chair of the March for Science, and a renal physiologist, AMA!

6.67k points 336 comments

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Melatonin Inhibits COVID-19-induced Cytokine Storm by Reversing Aerobic Glycolysis in Immune Cells: A Mechanistic Analysis

76 points 16 comments

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Laser-etched metal purifies contaminated water using sunlight with greater than 100% efficiency. Reducing the presence of common contaminants, the technology could also be useful in developed countries for relieving water shortages in drought-stricken areas and for water desalinization projects.

292 points 22 comments

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After a comprehensive analysis of vector vortex beam transmission through scattering media, researchers suggest it's possible to develop a scanner that can screen for cancer and detect it in a single scan of the body, without any risk of radiation.

19.5k points 310 comments

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Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study - 200,000 tonnes of tyre and brake particles blown from roads into seas every year

444 points 66 comments

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Would Moderna’s mRNA new coronavirus vaccine incite a T-cell response in the body?

5 points 8 comments

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Would it be possible to handpick from a lab, or even cause, a mutation in the corona virus making it much less lethal and severe?

9 points 17 comments

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If someone is asymptomatic to the novel corona virus, if they get infected again, will they show symptoms?

6 points 12 comments

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The Sun may trigger earthquakes: A new study proposes that protons from the Sun can pile up around Earth, creating global currents that can deform quartz in Earth’s crust, ultimately triggering quakes.

75 points 18 comments

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Critically ill COVID-19 patients who received a single dose of a drug that calms an overreacting immune system were 45% less likely to die overall, and more likely to be out of the hospital or off a ventilator one month after treatment, compared with those who didn’t receive the drug

2.39k points 101 comments

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What is long lasting immunity contingent on, and why are some antibodies “better quality” than others if they all undergo affinity maturation?

17 points 8 comments

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I tried explaining basic orbital mechanics in 60 seconds with no math or terminology [pt. 2]

11.8k points 339 comments

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Research suggests that depression risk, smoking addiction, and other health and cognitive traits may be partially shaped by the Neanderthal DNA that persists in modern humans.

44 points 5 comments

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17h

A single protein derived from a common strain of bacteria found in the soil will offer scientists a more precise way to edit RNA: Since SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, is an RNA virus, this new editing accessory may be useful to coronavirus researchers

621 points 12 comments