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Bright Flash Detected in February Was a Black Hole Jet Pointed Straight at Earth

The jet is from the most distant tidal disruption event yet observed.

Tackling Crowd Management in Subways during Pandemics

Mass transit, and subways in particular, are essential to the economic viability and environmental sustainability of cities across the globe.

This New MIT Tech Gets Us A Step Closer To ‘Star Wars’-Style Holograms

The device has practical uses too, such as improving self-driving car sensors and brain scanners.

Decades Of Racial Disparities Revealed In National Science Foundation Funding Patterns

An investigation into National Science Foundation (NSF) data on funding rates, award types and proposal ratings from 1996 to 2019 found pervasive racial disparities.

New Rat Lungworm Disease Resource To Help Doctors With Diagnosis, Treatment

As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present.

Distant Black Hole Is Caught In The Act Of Annihilating A Star

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Astronomers have detected an act of extreme violence more than halfway across the known universe as a black hole shreds a star that wandered too close to this celestial savage. But this was no ordinary instance of a ravenous black hole.

How Close Are We to Developing Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants?

“Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently waiting for organ transplants,” Sykes writes in the piece. “Because the human organ donor pool cannot keep pace with this demand, many patients die without receiving the life-saving transplant they need.”

Rare Cosmic Event Beamed Light At Earth From 8.5 Billion Light-Years Away

An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a supermassive black hole, meeting its untimely end there as it was ripped to shreds.

Google Researchers Create Traversable Holographic Wormhole Using Quantum Computer In New Study

The study proves quantum processors can be a key testbed in investigating mysterious cosmic phenomena, scientists say.

Simultaneous Cannabis and Alcohol Use Rises After States Legalize Recreational Cannabis Use

Simultaneous cannabis and alcohol use, defined as using both substances at the same time so their effects overlap, increased in adults from 2008 to 2019, according to new research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Startup’s Headset to Treat Alzheimer’s Will Undergo Wide Trial With Patients

(Bloomberg) -- Cognito Therapeutics Inc. became the latest company to secure a large-scale trial to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Unlike most other remedies in development today, this one involves a device rather than medicine.

El Niño ‘Flavors’ Help Unravel Past Variability, Future Response To Climate Change

As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to the climate of the past to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms.

Mosquitoes, Wild Pigs, and How Urban Planning Can Help Mitigate Disease

The first major professional conference that Pallavi Kache ever attended was an international symposium focused on wild pigs.

Planet Spiraling To Its Doom Discovered By UH Astronomers

For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun.

Native Hawaiian Colorectal Cancer Patients Twice As Likely To Die From Sepsis

In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian cancer patients have a two-fold increased risk of dying from sepsis, a life-threatening immune response to an infection, compared to other ethnicities, according to a new study co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers.

Which States Have The Highest Living Standards? (And More!)

It’s time to take a few steps back, build up a head of steam and dive headfirst into our favorite descriptive data sets and reader questions. Here’s the latest Data Dive!

Incurable Neurodegenerative Myelin Diseases: a Hopeful Advance

A study shows that Riluzole could be effective in the treatment of certain leukodystrophies, neurodegenerative diseases that attack the myelin in the brain of young children.

The Three Dimensions of a Flower

Montreal biologists publish a study demonstrating that photogrammetry allows rapid and precise three-dimensional reconstruction of flowers from two-dimensional images.

Pop’balloons, the First Serious Mixed Reality Game for Autistic Children

There are years of basic research in neuroscience behind the development of the first mixed reality game to diagnose and promote inclusion for people with autism.