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  1. When the natural gas industry used the playbook from Big Tobacco

    As early as the 1970s, research showed that gas stoves produced indoor air pollution.

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  2. It’s almost showtime for SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket

    SpaceX will again target a morning liftoff for the rocket.

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  3. Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA

    BVO has largely been phased out of big-name sodas and was recently banned in CA.

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  4. Leap seconds could become leap minutes, despite pushback from Russians, Vatican

    Already endangered, the leap second might have a practical successor soon.

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  5. How long will Jeff Bezos continue to subsidize his New Shepard rocket?

    "It's definitely a money loser. Always has been."

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  6. AI helps 3D printers “write” with coiling fluid ropes like Jackson Pollock

    Reinforcement learning lets 3D printers exploit, not suppress, coiling instabilities.

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  7. Former head of NASA’s climate group issues dire warning on warming

    Conclusion that decrease in aerosol pollution will drive temps higher sparks backlash.

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  8. Daily Telescope: Lucy finds not one but two diamonds in the sky

    "The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting."

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  9. Rocket Report: ICBM test aborted after “anomaly”; FAA wraps Starship safety review

    "Our team has created an excellent piece of engineering."

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  10. Bizarre blip: Cases of fetuses with flipped organs quadrupled in China

    Doctors speculated cases could link to a COVID surge, but no conclusions can be drawn.

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  11. Tenn. vaccine chief, fired after promoting COVID shots, gets $150K settlement

    Dr. Michelle Fiscus was fired after sending a memo on vaccination rights of minors.

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  12. Getting prescription drugs online is so easy. Are regulators paying attention?

    Telehealth prescribers flourish in the wake of the pandemic, regulatory gaps and all.

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  1. Daily Telescope: The brilliant remains of a star that died 10,000 years ago

    Our ancestors must have watched this in awe.

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  2. Despite spooky Consumer Reports’ testing, metals in chocolates aren’t scary

    Chocolate is just not a big source of either lead or cadmium in diets.

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  3. Remains of planet that formed the Moon may be hiding near Earth’s core

    High-density material in the mantle may be remains of a Mars-sized planet.

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  4. Daily Telescope: A dazzling view of the Milky Way from southern Africa

    "I finally had 30 minutes or so to admire the spectacular view."

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  5. Dinosaur-killing impact did its dirty work with dust

    Fine dust in impact deposits would have chilled the planet, shut down photosynthesis.

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  6. Relish the Halloween horror of this purple fungus that “mummifies” spiders

    Nature has its own horrors to rival the classic legendary ghouls and monsters of fiction.

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  7. Scientists will soon find out whether the Lucy mission works as intended

    On Wednesday, the spacecraft will come close to the small asteroid Dinkinesh.

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  8. Daily Telescope: A spooky image of the Solar System’s largest planet

    What's big and has a lot of gravity, but won't cause a cavity?

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  9. Fossil found on the side of the road is a new species of mosasaur

    One "big wet lizard" was chewed on by another.

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  10. Putin wants to know why Russia can only build 40 satellites a year

    "It turned out we weren't ready for this."

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  11. I spy with my Cold War satellite eye… nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East

    Anthropologists suggest forts were built to secure key trade routes through the region.

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  12. FDA warns of infection risk from 26 big-brand eye drops; stop using immediately

    No infections yet linked, but FDA found contamination in manufacturing facility.

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  1. The Daily Telescope: A new perspective on the power behind Psyche

    Launch was awesome, but now comes a painfully long wait.

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  2. Where the heck did all those structures inside complex cells come from?

    There are competing theories about the origin of the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.

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  3. This is how we could possibly build paved roads on the Moon

    Lasers melt a regolith-like material into pavers that could be used for lunar roads.

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  4. Poison expert allegedly poisoned wife—with a shockingly toxic gout drug

    Colchicine is centuries old, but the line between toxic and nontoxic is still blurry.

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  5. Fall COVID shot uptake is an “abysmal” 7%; wastewater testing impaired

    Meanwhile, a quarter of the country's wastewater testing sites are offline.

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  6. What caused the volcanic tsunami that devastated a Greek island 373 years ago?

    Kolumbo underwater volcano's 1650 eruption killed 70 people on Santorini Island, Greece.

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  7. Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name

    "So I didn't even make it back and it's already renamed to Sfera."

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  8. Unprecedented diarrheal outbreak erupts in UK as cases spike 3x above usual

    Cryptosporidium cases linked to travel and swimming, but at unusually high rate.

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  9. Trying to make sense of why Otis exploded en route to Acapulco this week

    It feels like this was a combination of bad luck, bad timing, and bad placement.

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  10. A new hybrid subspecies of puffin is likely the result of climate change

    Serious loss of genetic diversity still poses risks for their future.

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  11. Leonardo da Vinci used toxic pigments when he painted the Mona Lisa

    Plumbonacrite has previously been found in later works by Rembrandt.

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  12. Teeny jumping spider found in woman’s ear after days of torturous racket

    The spider was nesting on her eardrum—and there's video.

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