Science
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49New York County Bans Unvaccinated Kids From Public Places in Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Measles Outbreak
A New York county is banning children who have not been vaccinated against measles from visiting public places
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45Galaxy Simulations Offer a New Solution to the Fermi Paradox
Astronomers claim in a new paper that star motions should make it easy for civilizations to spread across the galaxy, but still...
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35How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past
The brain can’t directly encode the passage of time, but recent work hints at a workaround for putting timestamps on memories of...
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70Stephen Hawking celebrated with new 50 pence coin
The British Royal Mint has commemorated professor Stephen Hawking in a new 50p coin, which references the late physicist’s pioneering work on black...
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67Facebook says it will take action against anti-vaccine content. Here’s how it plans to do it
In an effort to curb anti-vaccination conspiracy theories and misinformation, Facebook announced Thursday it will no longer recommend the offending pages and...
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52First private Moon lander heralds new lunar space race
Israel is heading for the Moon — and a lunar milestone. If all goes well, a lander that launched on 21 February...