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	Science As-it-happens update ⋅ August 1, 2019
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	Spaceflight Now Mars 2020 rover on track for launch next July Spaceflight Now The launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover is less than a year way, and the steady pace of work inside the craft's pristine assembly hall in California is keeping the mission on schedule for liftoff from Cape Canaveral next July, despite growing costs, according to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Smithsonian This Iron Age Celtic Woman Was Buried in a Hollowed-Out Tree Trunk Smithsonian Some 2,200 years ago, a group of Iron Age Celts laid a woman to rest in what is now Zürich, Switzerland. The deceased, clad in a dress of fine sheep's wool, a shawl and a sheepskin coat, was likely an individual of high stature: As a statement recently ... Flag as irrelevant
	BGR Russia just completed a particularly speedy resupply run to the International Space Station BGR It was just a few days ago that SpaceX shot one of its Dragon cargo ships into space, and it was packed with supplies for the crew of the International Space Station. Now, Russia has done the same with its Progress 73 cargo vessel, only this time it arrived ... Flag as irrelevant
	Florida Today Weather not good for SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida Today Once again, the weather forecast does not look good for SpaceX's 10th mission this year, scheduled for this Saturday. SpaceX is scheduled to launch an Israeli communications satellite, called Amos-17, atop its Falcon 9 rocket at 6:52 p.m. from Cape ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org 'Sniff-cam' to detect disease Phys.Org Having bad breath can mean someone ate a smelly lunch, but it could indicate that the person is sick. Various scent compounds have been linked to illnesses such as diabetes, lung cancer and Parkinson's disease, leading scientists to develop technology ... Flag as irrelevant
	Hope Standard A voracious Cambrian predator, Cambroraster, is a new species from the Burgess Shale Science Daily Date: July 31, 2019; Source: Royal Ontario Museum; Summary: Fossils of a large new predatory species in half-a-billion-year-old rocks have been uncovered from Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies. This new species has rake-like claws and a ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Times How MND affects multiple brain networks Science Daily Date: July 31, 2019; Source: Trinity College Dublin; Summary: Researchers have identified characteristic changes in the patterns of electrical brain wave activity in motor neurone disease (MND). This ground breaking observation will help to develop ... Flag as irrelevant
	Science Daily Targeting a blood stem cell subset shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editing Science Daily Date: July 31, 2019; Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Summary: Researchers have used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit long-lived blood stem cells to reverse the clinical symptoms observed with several blood disorders, including sickle cell disease ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Unique method of fabricating 3D porous structures Science Daily Date: July 31, 2019; Source: Singapore University of Technology and Design; Summary: Researchers have developed a novel method of 3D printing to fabricate 3D porous structures in one step. This method is named as immersion precipitation 3D printing ... Flag as irrelevant
	Simplemost Scientists Created A Contact Lens That Lets You Zoom In By Blinking Simplemost Do you ever wish your eyes had a zoom-in function, similar to the one on a camera, just so you could get a better look at something when you needed to? Soon, contact lens wearers may be able to do just that. A new robotic lens created by scientists at the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Earth.com Plants take up more water in soils that have been affected by acid rain Earth.com A new study published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science is one of the first of its kind to investigate how altered soils may impact plant water uptake over the long term. The researchers found that plants in soil leached by acid rain ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mongabay.com Forest loss threatens territorial gibbons in southern Borneo Mongabay.com Bornean southern gibbons have the largest territories of any species in their genus, a new study has found. These large home ranges, combined with the species' intense territoriality, puts it at particular risk of habitat loss as a result of deforestation and fire. Flag as irrelevant
	News-Medical.net Harnessing anti-inflammatory function of macrophages holds great potential for treating diseases News-Medical.net Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a molecular switch that causes immune cells called macrophages to clean up cellular debris caused by infections instead of contributing to inflammation and tissue injury. Their findings are ... Flag as irrelevant
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