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WHO Chief Warns Congo Violence Is Allowing Ebola to Spread
Rebels repeatedly attack the outbreak epicenter—where the response operation is headquartered-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Study: In-person, but not online, social contact may protect against psychiatric disorders
(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) In-person social contact seems to offer some protection against depression and PTSD symptoms, but the same is not true of contact on Facebook, suggests a study by Veterans Affairs researchers and colleagues.
Virgin Orbit jet aces its first captive-carry flight with LauncherOne rocket attached
Virgin Orbit’s 70-foot-long LauncherOne rocket is hooked beneath the left wing of the modified 747 jet known as Cosmic Girl during the first captive-carry flight. (Virgin Orbit Photo)
modified Boeing 747 jet, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, has made its firs...
Princeton geneticist solves long-standing finch beak mystery
(Princeton University) Princeton biologist Bridgett vonHoldt is best known for her work with canines, but when she compared the genes of large-beaked Cameroonian finches to those of their smaller-beaked counterparts, she found the answer to a 20-year...
Researchers have created a virtual reality simulation of a supermassive black hole
(BioMed Central) The black hole at the centre of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, has been visualised in virtual reality for the first time. The details are described in an article published in the open access journal Computational Astrophysics and Cosmol...
New dual-action cancer-killing virus
(Medical Research Council) Scientists have equipped a virus that kills carcinoma cells with a protein so it can also target and kill adjacent cells that are tricked into shielding the cancer from the immune system. It is the first time that cancer-as...
Caught on video: Virgin Orbit jet spotted on first captive-carry flight including rocket
A photo taken in October shows Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl jet on the runway with a LauncherOne rocket tucked beneath its left wing. (Virgin Orbit Photo)
modified Boeing 747 jet, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, was spotted today taking off from California’s V...
Consensual Hugs Seem To Reduce Stress
People who had a conflict in a given day but also got hugged were not as affected by the negative interaction as were their unhugged counterparts. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Can Science Help Reverse Blindness?
From bionic eyes to gene editing, how can we use science to bring back sight?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Spaceflight, BlackSky and SpaceX gear up for a new chapter in satellite launch saga
Spaceflight mission managers rehearse CubeSat integration into one of the flight dispensers that will be used during the SmallSat Express mission. (Spaceflight Photo)
There’s a grand convergence coming Monday for the two subsidiaries of Seattle-based...