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For decades, ExxonMobil has deployed Big Tobacco-like propaganda to downplay the gravity of the climate crisis, shift blame onto consumers and protect its own interests, according to a Harvard University study published Thursday.

51.5k points 993 comments

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20h

AskScience AMA Series: COVID Variants and Vaccines - We are a physician scientist and emergency physician, ask us anything!

2.46k points 588 comments

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19h

Scientists found that the muscle mass of orangutans on Borneo was significantly lower when less fruit was available. That’s remarkable because orangutans are thought to be good at storing fat for energy. Any further disruption of their fruit supply could have dire consequences for their survival.

22.8k points 344 comments

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Worker ants physically carry young queens to foreign nests so the queens can mate with unrelated males. This is the first case of third-party matchmaking in a non-human animal that scientists think helps reduce inbreeding

172 points 13 comments

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4h

Cannabis leaf shape is not predictive of THC & CBD content in hybrids. Naming conventions based on leaf morphology (sativa vs indica) do not correspond to the cannabinoid chemistry in plants with hybrid ancestry, finds new study.

226 points 19 comments

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7h

Delaying second Pfizer vaccines to 12 weeks significantly increases antibody responses in older people, finds study

242 points 37 comments

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3h

The ‘poverty line’ is hiding a lot of crushing poverty - Policy changes in the U.K. have left the lowest-income people more likely to fall into deep poverty, even as the proportion of British people considered “below the poverty line” has largely stagnated and thus masked increased suffering.

92 points 3 comments

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Backyard chickens, rabbits, soybeans can meet household protein demand - Using only backyard resources to raise chickens or rabbits offset protein consumption up to 50%. Plant-based protein can provide 80% to 160% of household demand.

14.6k points 1.86k comments

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10h

Why do most animals have their eyes, nose, and mouth clustered together in roughly the same way as other species?

13 points 12 comments

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1d

Blue Origin’s loss to SpaceX on the lunar lander contract may get Congress to do something it hadn’t done before, give NASA more money

17.5k points 952 comments

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13h

How does rain effect cigarette smoke/the diffusion of odours?

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12h

SpaceX reveals first orbital Starship flight plan, launching from Texas and returning near Hawaii

130 points 93 comments

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7h

China's Tianwen-1 set to attempt Mars rover landing on Friday

49 points 18 comments

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1d

Low Earth orbit is reaching capacity due to flying space trash and SpaceX and Amazon’s plans to launch thousands of satellites. Physicists are looking to expand into the, more dangerous, medium Earth orbit.

24.9k points 1.88k comments

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2d

Why do allergens cause an overreaction of the immune system when other foreign invaders (such as the flu) elicit a more measured response?

4.17k points 179 comments

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2h

Climate change is erasing humans’ earliest works of art. Human-induced climate change is accelerating the deterioration of cave art in Indonesia, which includes some of the earliest works of art and the oldest known hand stencil on the plane. Urgent action is required to preserve ancient rock art.

37 points 3 comments

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4h

Mass Extinction in The Human Gut Revealed by Fossil Remains of 2,000-Year-Old Feces

48 points 1 comment

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14h

Do different objects/substances feel colder based on their ability to transfer and absorb heat?

18 points 8 comments

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10h

Starship SN15 Flight Test Recap

51 points 31 comments

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14h

Touch in romantic relationships appears to be universally beneficial for psychological well-being.

242 points 16 comments

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12h

Why is there very little atmospheric ash produced by the dramatic volcano now active in Iceland? The last newsworthy eruption caused immense ash clouds that shut down airports and diverted air traffic across Europe.

7 points 3 comments

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7h

A new report published in Drug Science, Policy and Law suggests that psychedelic drugs may improve symptoms of color blindness. The study discusses 23 anecdotal reports describing improved color blindness after taking drugs like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin (magic mushrooms).

49 points 9 comments

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16h

If there was a sphere around earth, say 1 light year away, and someone on earth pointed a theoretical laser that could reach the inside of that sphere, and that someone moved that laser swiftly from one horizon to the other... would that observable laser dot move faster than light?

15 points 16 comments

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20h

GoPro Awards: On a Rocket Launch to Space

203 points 44 comments

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Reddit

4h

The case for reintroduction: The jaguar (Panthera onca) in the United States as a model

24 points 12 comments