Are Growing Pains a Real Thing?on December 28, 2020 at 2:00 pm

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Though the name is misleading, growing pains have been a known medical phenomenon in kids for 200 years. Here's what…

Earth Actually Has Four North Poleson December 28, 2020 at 3:40 pm

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There's four spots that correspond to the fabled location — it just depends on your definition.Read More

The Real Story Behind Aztec Crystal Skullsebetz@discovermagazine.com (Eric Betz)on December 28, 2020 at 4:14 pm

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Fake Aztec crystal skulls are found in museum collections around the world. They can all be traced back to one…

2020 Was a Breakout Year for CrisprMegan MolteniScience Latest

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Between glimpses of a medical cure and winning science’s shiniest prize, this proved to the gene-editing technology’s biggest year yet.Read…

Joe Biden has an opportunity to bolster how we view Earth from spaceon December 28, 2020 at 11:00 am

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But each year, Congress intervened to save these missions. OCO-3 launched on time in 2019. PACE and CLARREO took some…

Vaccines are the latest battleground for doctors on social mediaon December 28, 2020 at 11:00 am

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For a long time, anti-vaccine misinformation pushers have used anecdotes to back up false claims: YouTube videos of mothers discussing…

Insomniacs’ Brains Might Be Wired Differentlyon December 28, 2020 at 10:12 am

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Insomnia seems to be reaching historic highs a year into the pandemic. Science suggests that some people may be more…

Atlantic discovery: 12 new species ‘hiding in the deep’on December 28, 2020 at 12:39 pm

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A dozen ocean species new to science could already be threatened by climate change, scientists find.Read MoreBBC News - Science…

After Centuries, a Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact SolutionSteve NadisScience Latest

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Mathematicians have long pondered a deceptively easy puzzle about the reach of a goat tied to a fence. Until now,…