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SpacecraftProposed 'pellet-beam' propulsion system could get us to interstellar space in 5 years. The concept was awarded an early-stage US$175,000 NASA grant earlier this year. It would use lasers to propel a spacecraft into interstellar space. The spacecraft orbiting Earth would then shoot a beam of tiny particles at the interstellar spacecraft.
Radical NASA Propulsion Concept Could Reach Interstellar Space in Under 5 Years
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ScienceOnce more, we're talking about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
An Obscured Face Behind COVID-19 May Finally Be Emerging
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Research · ColoradoAntarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping.
Antarctic sea ice has reached a record low for the year, researchers say
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Business · PunoPolice in Peru made a surprise discovery when they searched a delivery man who came to their attention for acting drunk at an ancient archaeological site in Puno.
Peruvian delivery man carried ancient mummy around in his bag
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Astronomers · Cape CanaveralAstronomers have found an unusually large planet orbiting a small star, located about 280 light-years from Earth. The unexpected size of the newly discovered world, called TOI 5205b, has led researchers to call it the "forbidden planet."
Surprising 'forbidden planet' discovered outside our solar system
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Europe · MalataverneIf the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of the advance of modern human populations into the European continent, the existence of archery has always been more difficult to trace. The recognition of these technologies in the European Upper Paleolithic has been hampered by ballistic overlaps between weapons projected with a thruster or a bow.
Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago: study
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US & Canada · JerusalemArchaeologists from Pisa university and Pennsylvania University have announced evidence of a specific type of brain surgery, known as angular notched trephination, performed on a man who lived in Israel more than 3,000 years ago.
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Brain Surgery in 3,000-Year-Old Skull
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Alzheimer · BeijingA teenager in China is the youngest person ever diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published on Dec. 31 by the doctors who diagnosed him.
Teenager in China becomes youngest person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
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