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Near-death experiences: Here's what researchers have found
Researchers now believe one in 20 people will have a near-death experience. A professor who has spent the past 50 years studying the phenomenon says people typically describe similar experiences. Joan Fowler, 63, says she had a near-death experience almost 35 years ago. She was cycling down the Pacific Coast Highway when she was hit by a truck. She remembers…
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Northern VA high schoolers teach quantum computing
Quantum computing is a very complex and emerging field, and finding classes on it is hard when you’re young. Two Northern Virginia high school students are trying to change that. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.
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Scientists discover two deep-sea coral reefs off the Galapagos Islands
Scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute believe the reefs are thousands of years old.
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The science behind fight or flight: What happens when you get scared?
It’s almost Halloween, which means scary movies and haunted houses are all around. But what does your brain tell your body when you get spooked, and why? News4’s Maggie More reports.
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Virginia 14-year-old named top young scientist for cancer-fighting soap invention
Heman Bekele, a freshman at Woodson High School in Northern Virginia, spent his summer break working to cure cancer. He was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” for creating a bar of soap designed to fight low-grade skin cancer. “I wanted to try to find a way for the entire world to be able to have an equitable and accessible...
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Virginia 14-year-old named top scientist for cancer-fighting soap invention
Fairfax County ninth grader Heman Bekele was named America’s top young scientist after he created a soap designed to treat low-grade skin cancer. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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NASA launches asteroid-chasing Psyche mission for clues to how planets formed
The Psyche mission is the first time the space agency has sent a probe to a world primarily made of metal, rather than rocks and ice.
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Can your sweat turn blue?
Chromhidrosis is a disorder of the sweat glands that manifests with colored sweat on the face, in the underarms, or on the areola of the breasts.
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Study says climate change and rising temperatures may increase drug and alcohol disorders
Researchers at Columbia University studied data from alcohol-related and substance-related hospital visits in New York State over 20 years.
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How ancient DNA analysis is unraveling our shared history with other kinds of humans
Scientists started to realize all these hominins weren’t our direct ancestors. Instead, they were more like our cousins: lineages that split off from a common source and headed in different directions
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From cyborg spiders to licking rocks, here's what topped this year's Ig Nobels for weirdest scientific feats
Among the winners was Jan Zalasiewicz of Poland who earned the chemistry and geology prize for explaining why many scientists like to lick rocks.
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Study says a sedentary lifestyle can raise dementia risk
Researchers found a link between sedentary lifestyles and chronic illnesses that are linked with increased dementia risk.
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WATCH: Boogie boarders catch waves in bioluminescence
Boogie boarders caught some waves in bioluminescence at Huntington Beach, Calif., on Sept. 5.
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11-year-old Thomas Jefferson High School student publishes book to share love of science
At age 11, Linda Pistun has already started taking college courses and has big dreams of working on the Mars mission. Over her summer, she wrote a children’s book sharing her love of science. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to the young scientist about her accomplishments.
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UMD team wins top prize in drone competition
The University of Maryland is celebrating a group of engineering students who took home the top prize in a competition, after designing a cutting-edge search-and-rescue drone. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do, study finds
Some paper and bamboo straws contain so-called “forever chemicals” that could make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, researchers have found.
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NYC kids launch balloon with gummy bears and marshmallows into space
The balloon came equipped with a GoPro camera to record the journey, as well as some snacks — but not for eating on the way.
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NYC kids launch balloon with gummy bears and marshmallows into space
The children from the Taft Houses NYCHA complex sent a balloon into the atmosphere and caught the whole journey on GoPro video.
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Where is Barbie Land? Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks he's solved it
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says that he’s calculated where life in plastic exists.
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What is the Lion's Gate Portal? Astrologers consider August 8 a lucky day
Every year on August 8, an astrological event called the Lion’s Gate Portal “opens” in the sky.