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Google’s super computer achieves ‘quantum supremacy’

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New research by Google has shown that its Sycamore quantum processor was able to perform a target computation in 200 seconds. <br/>
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Super Pink Moon will be the biggest full moon of 2020

12th - Higher Ed
According to NASA, the moon will reach its closest point to or planet in 2020 on April 7, getting as close as 356,907 kilometers from Earth. This phenomenon is popularly known as the Super Pink Moon. <br/>
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How sugar addiction impacts the brain

12th - Higher Ed
New research from the journal Scientific Reports has found that sugar has the ability to transform our brain chemistry. <br/>
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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover successfully completes its first test drive

12th - Higher Ed
As part of NASA’s preparation for next year’s Mars mission, the Mars 2020 rover took its first driving test at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on December 17. <br/>
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Explainer: Why the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam worries Sudan and Egypt

12th - Higher Ed
Egypt and Sudan have denounced Ethiopia’s gigantic hydroelectric dam project as an existential threat.
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Florida releasing millions of genetically modified mosquitoes

12th - Higher Ed
Health experts are releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys to reduce local populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to local news reports.
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New undersea cable to go through the Arctic Sea

12th - Higher Ed
Finland-based Fiber optic infrastructure company Cinia and Russian telecommunications operator MegaFon have joined hands to build a fiber optic cable across the Arctic Ocean.
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‘Impossibly big’ black hole not as big as previously calculated

12th - Higher Ed
Two new studies have called into question the size of the “impossibly big” black hole named LB-1.
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China dumped 27 percent more waste into the ocean in 2018

12th - Higher Ed
China discarded 200.7 million cubic meters of waste into its coastal waters in 2018. <br/>
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Uranus’s ionized gas leak seen for the first time by Voyager 2 decades ago: NASA

12th - Higher Ed
Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. <br/>
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China confirms H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Hunan province

12th - Higher Ed
China has confirmed the latest outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in Hunan province. <br/>
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Microplastics causes immune cells to die at a faster rate

12th - Higher Ed
New research from the University Medical Center Utrecht has found that immune cells that target microplastics die three times faster than cells that aren’t exposed to microplastics.
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Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unveils next generation Raider X helicopter

12th - Higher Ed
Sikorsky debuted Raider X, a light attack and reconnaissance helicopter concept on October 14 in Washington. <br/>
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Buried ancient Roman city found without excavating

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Ghent University in Belgium have discovered the remains of Falerii Novi, an ancient Roman city just 50 kilometeres away from Rome that has been buried for roughly 13 centuries.
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Misleading recycling labels found on plastic products: Greenpeace

12th - Higher Ed
A new report by Greenpeace published on February 18 has found that several companies in the U.S. are misleading consumers by adding incorrect recycling labels onto their plastic products. <br/>
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Scientists develop vaccine to help stop cat allergies

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists in Switzerland have developed a vaccine that can help stop people from having allergic reactions to cats.
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Microplastics can carry pathogens to new points in the food chain

12th - Higher Ed
Critical questions remain about microplastics and possible threats to food production and safety, according to a new study published in Trends in Microbiology.
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Lasers learn to accurately locate space debris

12th - Higher Ed
China-based scientists have developed a way to use laser telescopes and neural network analysis to locate space debris. <br/>
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Japan to develop indigenous next-generation fighter

12th - Higher Ed
Japan’s Ministry of Defense unveiled a timeline on July 7 for the development of an indigenous next-generation fighter jet to counter China’s J-20. <br/>
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Inflammation in toes could be a symptom of coronavirus

12th - Higher Ed
Some health professionals treating COVID-19 have noticed purple and blue lesions on the toes of coronavirus patients.
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European glass eels use internal magnetic compass to navigate waters

12th - Higher Ed
New research from the University of Miami and Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has found that the European eel at a certain stage of development use an internal magnetic compass to remember the magnetic direction of tidal waves as...
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Plastic waste in remote Atlantic island likely from Chinese ships

12th - Higher Ed
A new report has found a 15 percent increase of plastic waste on a remote Atlantic island called Inaccessible Island, and it’s likely being dumped by Chinese merchant ships. <br/>
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Archaeologists find evidence of Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem

12th - Higher Ed
Archaeologists may have unearthed evidence to confirm the Biblical account of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians.
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Poor posture due to smartphone use leads to ‘horn bone’ growth in skull: Study

12th - Higher Ed
New research from Australia has found that excess usage of smartphones causes a horn-like bone, known as enthesophytes, to grow at the back of the skull.