Science
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4.8KStudy of over 600,000 children confirms no link between vaccines and autism, but anti-vaxxers won’t care
Studies that reinforce established science won't be enough to stop the spread of anti-vaxxer ideology.
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3.7KStephen Hawking’s final resting place will be alongside Darwin and Newton
It's a fitting tribute to the famed physicist.
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27.1KPETA is smearing a young scientist because she researches climate change’s effects on birds
Dr. Christine Lattin is a Yale University researcher studying the effects of climate change, habitat destruction and invasive species encroachment on bird...
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5.4KIf you think you’re special, look at this image of earth from Saturn’s rings
The spacecraft for NASA's Cassini mission is dying soon, but it's already sent back some incredible pictures of Saturn and its moons....
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57.9K44Scientists are planning their own march on Washington in response to Trump’s war on science agencies
Inspired by the overwhelming turnout for the Women's March, scientists on Reddit are kicking around the idea of organizing a march of...
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20.2K14National Park tweets climate change facts amid Trump’s social media ban for government agencies
The Twitter account for the Badlands National Park fired off three tweets in defiance of the Trump administration's crackdown on climate-related social...
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26.2K23Carl Sagan’s last interview warned us about Trump and the era of science denial
Carl Sagan's words in 1996 were remarkably prescient.
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5.7K1New study finds that religion can have the same effect on the brain as drugs
University of Utah scientists used MRI scans to monitor the brain activity of 19 devout Mormons as they carried out a variety...
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13.0K13Homeopathic products now have to carry a warning label stating that they don’t work
Homeopathic products have long enjoyed an exemption from regulation, and have been widely available in stores like CVS and Whole Foods. They...
