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  • Wind-powered turbines could clean pollutants from our air

    Wind-powered turbines could clean pollutants from our air

    A self-powered device that generates electricity from the wind can also absorb and break down harmful nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide from the air
    Wind-powered turbines could clean pollutants from our air
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236556-wind-powered-turbines-could-clean-pollutants-from-our-air/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

    Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

    Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron signature in its atmosphere, suggesting the metal is raining down on the planet’s night side
    Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237101-liquid-iron-rain-spotted-on-super-heated-exoplanet-wasp-76b/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Tiny birdlike dinosaur species identified from skull trapped in amber

    Tiny birdlike dinosaur species identified from skull trapped in amber

    A new species of dinosaur has been named from a skull measuring only 1.4 centimetres across. The dinosaur was smaller than any living bird today
    Tiny birdlike dinosaur species identified from skull trapped in amber
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532734-500-tiny-birdlike-dinosaur-species-identified-from-skull-trapped-in-amber/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Why is it so hard to calculate how many people will die from covid-19?

    Why is it so hard to calculate how many people will die from covid-19?

    It might seem confusing that estimates of number of fatalities caused by the new coronavirus range widely, but that’s because there is no one fixed death rate
    Why is it so hard to calculate how many people will die from covid-19?
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532733-700-why-is-it-so-hard-to-calculate-how-many-people-will-die-from-covid-19/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Budget 2020: UK pledges cash to tackle coronavirus and climate change

    Budget 2020: UK pledges cash to tackle coronavirus and climate change

    UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £30 billion package of measures to offset the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, along with more funds for green measures
    Budget 2020: UK pledges cash to tackle coronavirus and climate change
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237128-budget-2020-uk-pledges-cash-to-tackle-coronavirus-and-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Coronavirus testing in the US has been hampered by multiple problems

    Coronavirus testing in the US has been hampered by multiple problems

    Test kit hitches, regulatory issues, restrictive guidelines and health insurance costs have all got in the way of testing for the covid-19 virus in the US
    Coronavirus testing in the US has been hampered by multiple problems
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532733-600-coronavirus-testing-in-the-us-has-been-hampered-by-multiple-problems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

    Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

    Efforts to prevent prisoners from reoffending are often lacking in scientific rigour and can even fly in the face of available evidence
    Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532732-300-efforts-to-stop-prisoners-reoffending-can-be-useless-or-even-backfire/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Is running or walking better for you? Here’s what the science says

    Is running or walking better for you? Here’s what the science says

    Does pounding the pavement damage your joints? Can you get away with just walking? Sports engineer Steve Haake pits running against walking and dispels some abiding myths
    Is running or walking better for you? Here’s what the science says
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532730-100-is-running-or-walking-better-for-you-heres-what-the-science-says/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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  • Google Analytics: The Top 3 Metrics Every Marketer Should Measure

    Growing competition has made it necessary for businesses to be available to their customers all the time. Official websites of the company are one of the most preferred ways in which consumers choose to connect with businesses. This makes it essential for businesses and marketers to understand how exactly their customers use their website and what it is that they are looking for. Getting into these details can help them to a great extent in improving their online presence as well as coming out with online marketing campaigns…

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    http://www.associationofmarketing.org/articles/view.php?article_id=14160

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  • Small robots could help look after salmon without stressing them out

    Small robots could help look after salmon without stressing them out

    Robots are being developed to help with tasks like fixing the sea cages where fish are farmed, and their size seems to be all that affects how the fish react
    Small robots could help look after salmon without stressing them out
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    https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236854-small-robots-could-help-look-after-salmon-without-stressing-them-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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