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How you can help astronomers hunt for undiscovered worlds

Astronomers are searching for strange new worlds called brown dwarfs, and are turning to citizen scientists to do it. Check out the online tool that’s helped discover 1,500 new worlds, and try it out for yourself. You may even find the “Bigfoot” of our solar system: the mysterious Planet 9.

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The astronomy trick you can use to discover new worlds

Outer space is a mess that Moriba Jah wants to clean up

Congestion in space could cause big problems on Earth

Earth’s orbit is becoming increasingly crowded with satellites, debris, and other space junk — and with companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink pumping more hardware into space, the chances of collisions in orbit are on the rise. We speak with Moriba Jah, a researcher who’s tracking all the space junk in orbit, and trying to raise awareness of the dangers before it’s too late.

To learn more about Moriba’s work around space junk, visit https://www.eyesonthesky.org/

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Why the risk of space collisions is skyrocketing now

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We built a 2020 time capsule out of synthetic DNA — here’s how

As 2020 comes to a close, we look back on the big and small science stories of the year by building a digital time capsule. And we store our data using a remarkable new storage medium: synthetic DNA. 

As a companion to this video, we built an interactive webpage where you can click through all the items we added to our time capsule. Check that out here:
https://www.theverge.com/e/21938039

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This synthetic DNA contains our message to the future

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The century-long quest for worldwide wireless power

Nikola Tesla’s biggest dream was a worldwide network of wireless power transmission. He built a lab and a massive prototype transmission tower...that never worked. But, a century later, engineers are chasing the same dreams of wireless power and making some tantalizing headway. So was Tesla onto something?

Thanks to the Tesla Science Center for working with us on this video. Learn more here:
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The quest for Nikola Tesla’s wireless power technology

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Prospecting for the true value of gold

There’s (a tiny, tiny bit of) gold in them thar hills

Gold is arguably the most precious metal in the world, but how rare is it really? We went on our own gold panning expedition to find out.

Correction (6:08): While there was active gold mining around Butte, Montana, the Berkeley Pit mine pictured was primarily a copper mine.  

Further reading:

“Gold Panning is Easy” guidebook:
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/search/results?q=gold%20panning%20is%20easy

Article on the cosmic origin of gold:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/did-neutron-stars-or-supernovas-forge-the-universes-supply-of-gold-20170323/

Study on gold-rich asteroid bombardment:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10399

Gold Council statistics on gold supply:
https://www.gold.org/about-gold/gold-supply/gold-mining/how-much-gold

Earthworks “No Dirty Gold” campaign:
https://www.earthworks.org/campaigns/no-dirty-gold/retailers/golden_rules/#.Uk3qySR57bo

International mining standards guidance:
https://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/OECD-Due-Diligence-Guidance-Minerals-Edition3.pdf

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Gold isn’t rare. So why is it valuable?

Police body cameras don’t tell the whole story. This experiment shows it.

Body cameras have become a pillar of police accountability efforts over the last decade. And more recently, Black Lives Matter protests have resulted in countless captured moments of police violence for the public to scrutinize. But as recent research shows, the kind of footage captured can influence our opinions of police...in ways we may not even realize.

This video is part of a larger project at The Verge that looks at the power and consequences of filming police violence. Our other YouTube channel investigates what can happen after witnesses hit record — check that out here: https://bit.ly/34KDO69

Here are some of the studies we reference in the video:

Broderick L. Turner’s 2019 study: https://bit.ly/34FRcsb

Corroborating work about body cameras and intent: https://bit.ly/3lp5VgV

How slow motion influences intent: https://bit.ly/2YIr2RT

How judgment can be manipulated: https://bit.ly/3b7c7W1

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Here’s what police body cameras don’t show you

In a still from a police body camera videoclip, we see a man being pulled from a car.

How to make drugs for viruses that don’t exist yet

A “broad spectrum” antiviral drug could change the course of the coronavirus pandemic...and the next pandemic after that. No such drug exists yet, but a team at UNC Chapel Hill is working on it.

You can learn more about Nat's work at https://readdi.org/

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Why there’s no perfect coronavirus drug...yet

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Watch 3D printers churn out medical supplies to fight COVID-19

Goodbye prototyping, hello mass production

3D printers across the country have been churning out protective medical equipment to fight coronavirus while traditional manufacturing lags. Masks and ventilators are just some of the supplies being printed. We spoke with makers, researchers, and 3D printing companies to hear firsthand what this push has been like during the COVID-19 pandemic, and why this is a “time to shine” for 3D printing.

Have a 3D printer and want to get involved? Here are two popular visor/face shield designs, from Prusa Research and 3DVerkstan:
https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/16-prusa-research/prints
https://3dverkstan.se/protective-visor/

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Masks, ventilators, swabs: how makers are fighting coronavirus

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Your temperature might never be 98.6 — and that’s normal

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us have worked a new routine into our lives: temperature taking. It’s understandable since fever is an extremely common symptom of COVID-19. But if you take your temperature regularly, you’ve probably noticed that your body is rarely 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (or 37 degrees Celsius). In fact, your temperature is probably all over the place. Here’s a tip: “normal” body temperature might not be what you think it is.

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Further reading: 
Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich’s research: https://bit.ly/34CrpPG

More recent body temperature research: https://bit.ly/3b6OWdW

US Health Weather Map: healthweather.us

UCSF’s TemPredict study: https://bit.ly/2XxYQBi

Study of temperatures taken at different locations in the body:
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The problem with tracking fevers during coronavirus

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How coyotes made their homes in America’s cities

In the past century, coyotes have been on a tear across North America. They’ve become particularly well-adapted to living in cities, which puts them in closer proximity to humans than ever before. We follow a government ecologist as he tracks a semi-famous coyote across San Francisco’s green spaces, and find out what it takes to keep people and coyotes from warring with one another.

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The study mapping coyote expansion: https://bit.ly/2XishqU
A video about the study, made in collaboration with the researchers: https://bit.ly/2XlFSxy
San Francisco Animal Care & Control’s guidelines for encountering coyotes: https://bit.ly/2xhbklU
Janet Kessler’s blog: https://bit.ly/2JPY1M6

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