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Not just stars.  Gaia mapped a diverse and changing universe of variable objects

Not just stars. Gaia mapped a diverse and changing universe of variable objects

We have reported on Gaia’s incredible data collection capabilities in the past. Recently, it released DR3, its latest dataset, containing over 1.8 billion objects. That’s a lot of data to sift through, and one of the most effective ways to do this is through machine learning. A group of researchers did just that by using …

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Climate-Concerned, Highly Religious Americans Are Diverse

Climate-Concerned, Highly Religious Americans Are Diverse

Photo illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios. Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Highly religious Americans concerned about warming temperatures around the world are racially and ethnically diverse, according to survey results from a recent Pew Research Center report. The big picture: While few very religious Americans say they are concerned about climate change, people of …

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Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-based medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse

Opinion: To realize the promise of DNA-based medicine, genetic libraries need to be more diverse

Here’s what a future doctor’s visit might look like: The patient provides a saliva sample for genetic testing and receives personalized health counseling based on their DNA, environment, diet, and lifestyle. The test not only measures an individual’s risk of inherited diseases; it can also predict the effectiveness of a treatment. Although it may sound …

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