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Robots Using Hansel-and-Gretel Strategy Could Map Martian Caves
Researchers from the University of Arizona have developed a possible new way of scouting for real estate on other planets: tiny robots that drop digital breadcrumbs while exploring Martian caves. It’s a method ripped straight from folklore.
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Hubble Telescope Releases Stunning Timelapse of DART Asteroid Impact
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed its DART spacecraft into a small asteroid some 6.8 million miles from Earth, in an attempt to redirect its trajectory as a test-run for any future rock that might threaten Earth.
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A New Heart-Thymus Transplant Could Someday Let Kids Live Without Anti-Rejection Drugs
Scientists and surgeons at Duke University are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for pioneering a combination heart-thymus transplant procedure.
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U.S. CDC Sounds the Alarm: A Diarrhoea Superbug Is Resisting Drugs and Spreading Fast
Officials with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are sounding the alarm over a diarrhoea-causing superbug. The CDC’s data shows a noticeable rise in extensively drug-resistant strains of Shigella bacteria over the past half-decade. Though these infections are typically not severe, antibiotics are needed to prevent and treat life-threatening cases, and the bacteria can…