science
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: ‘Comet’ Racing Through Our Solar System So Massive It Could Be the Unthinkable
Could a ‘Trojan Horse’ from space be headed our way? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb warns 3I/ATLAS might be more than the average a comet.
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Jessica Watkins to be the First Black Woman to Spend Extended Stay in Space
Jessica Watkins will be embarking on a six-month mission on the International Space Station as a part of NASA’s Artemis program.
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Pro-Life President’s Coronavirus Treatment Was Tested Using Cells Originally Cultivated From Aborted Tissue
The antibody cocktail used to treat President Donald Trump’s case of coronavirus uses cells originally derived from aborted fetuses. The MIT Technology Review found that Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the company responsible for crafting the antibody cocktail used by Trump, tested it using cells originally cultivated from aborted tissue. *clears throat* OOOOOOOOOO, THEY IN TROUBLEEEEEE. Just kidding,…
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Trump Lies, Science Doesn't. So Scientists Aren’t Faring Well With This Administration
I’m currently dating Tracee Ellis Ross. That is a lie. Anyone who knows me knows that she and I broke up a while ago. Whatever. I didn’t like seafood and she wouldn’t hear of it. My dating Tracee Ellis Ross is a lie, but in Trump’s world, there are a few unsophisticated ways that I…
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Black to the Future: This Scientist May Hold the Key to Time Travel
Imagine if we could send information back to ourselves to warn ourselves of natural disasters, anomalies, earthquakes, the thousands of lives you can save, or even on a more personal level, to try to change our own destiny by sending information back, perhaps to warn loved ones to stay out of situations that might lead…
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Task Force of Physicists to Raise $50 Million to Encourage More Black Students
When you think of physicists you typically think of a white dude in a lab coat. My go-to is Professor Utonium, can’t even front. A task force of physicists has come together to potentially change that perception. NBC News reports that a task force backed by the American Institute of Physics has recommended a $50…
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Cam’ron Doesn’t Believe Dinosaurs Existed, Probably Because the T-Rex’s Arms Are Too Small to Rep Dipset
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, B.o.B. decided to proclaim that the earth is flat. To many scientists, that statement did not curl all the way over (but the earth does), and yet, B.o.B. stood firm. Bringing that same energy, Cam’ron is letting us know he needs more proof before he…
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Not Only Does Facial Recognition Software Often Get Racial ID Wrong, a New Study Finds It Misgenders Trans and Nonbinary Folks Almost All the Time
Nonbinary and transgender identities are increasingly being accepted and normalized throughout society, but not when it comes to high-tech facial recognition software developed by some of the largest tech firms in the world. According to Forbes, a recent study by the University of Colorado, Boulder, found that when it comes to transgender and nonbinary people,…
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People Are Upset Because Rashida Tlaib Said White People Can’t Distinguish Black Faces. Science Says She’s Right
Right-wing outlets and people who don’t season their wings right are up in arms after a Democratic congresswoman made a statement based on nothing but data, facts and peer-reviewed scientific research. According to the Detroit News, on Monday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) visited Detroit’s “Real-Time Crime” center, which uses cameras and computer software equipped with…