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What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?
9 mins; August 19, 2022
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7 mins; June 16, 2022
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The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here
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Welcome to the Great Reinfection
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8 mins; June 10, 2022
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7 mins; June 08, 2022
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8 mins; June 07, 2022
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Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets
5 mins; June 02, 2022
A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law of Physics
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7 mins; May 27, 2022
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6 mins; May 26, 2022
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This Gene Mutation Breaks the Immune System. Why Has It Survived?
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A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in Dusty Lands
6 mins; May 23, 2022
Researchers Grew Tiny Plants in Moon Dirt Collected Decades Ago
8 mins; May 20, 2022
An Elusive Gravity Signal Could Mean Faster Earthquake Warnings
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9 mins; May 18, 2022
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11 mins; May 17, 2022
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A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers
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You Don’t Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet—Just Eat Less
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Give Fitbits (of Sorts) to the Trees
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Hepatitis Cases in Kids Have Scientists Hunting for Answers
9 mins; May 03, 2022
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12 mins; May 02, 2022
The Surprising Climate Cost of the Humblest Battery Material
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9 mins; April 22, 2022
NASA Rolls Back Its SLS Rocket for Repairs
7 mins; April 21, 2022
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Chernobyl Was a Wildlife Haven. Then Russian Troops Arrived
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How Does a Newt Cross the Road? With Lots of Human Help
10 mins; April 18, 2022
A Global Boom in Fences Is Harming Wildlife
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The First Drug-Releasing Contact Lens Is Here
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A Killer Parasite Is Wiping Out Hordes of Ants—in a Good Way
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Companies May Soon Have to Reveal a Hidden Risk: Carbon Emissions
11 mins; April 12, 2022
A Bold Idea to Stall the Climate Crisis—by Building Better Trees
10 mins; April 11, 2022
Math’s ‘Oldest Problem Ever’ Gets a New Answer
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How Boa Constrictors Can Breathe Even as They Crush Their Prey
6 mins; April 07, 2022
The Farthest Star Sheds New Light on the Early Universe
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How to Navigate Online Mental Health Resources
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Scientists Map Yellowstone’s Plumbing With … a Helicopter
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Astronomers Tally the Growing Carbon Footprint of Space Science
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How to Tell If Your Spaghetti Is Done Using Just a Ruler
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Scientists Watch a Memory Form in a Living Brain
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