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Dengue outpaces virus-blocking mosquitoes in Brazil

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Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging

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Method for measuring energy amounts less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule could boost quantum computing

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Support local people to protect world's nature, new report urges, as deadline for global conservation target looms

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Ancient bacterial toolkit links human gut health to ocean carbon cycling

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Stunning fossil discovery challenges the origins of animal life

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Scientists discover hidden chemical signature that could reveal alien life

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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

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NASA’s Hubble reveals a giant chaotic planet nursery unlike anything seen before

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James Webb telescope reveals the clearest map ever of the Universe’s cosmic web

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New tectonic plate boundary could be forming in Zambia, scientists say

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New model finds the lower size limit for habitable exoplanets

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Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble—a study analyzes data from 16 years of road counts

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Algal bloom crisis shows climate risks need evaluative governance

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Generative AI may significantly reduce the number of animal experiments

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Scurvy's skeletal fingerprint found in California's Late Holocene archaeological sites

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This simple strength test could predict how long you live

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Chip-scale photonic approach achieves ultralow-noise microwave and millimeter-wave signal generation

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Why prescribed fire often fails: Scorched invasive shrubs can resprout instead of die

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Pet loss is difficult for people—what about for other pets?

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New research examines 'remorse bias' in legal decision-making

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A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74,000 years ago, but humans did something incredible

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NASA fuel cell tests pave way for energy storage on the moon

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Unexplored interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei shed light on dark matter

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Aquifer recharge could buffer water scarcity, yet policy blocks uptake in five countries

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Brazilian microfossils interpreted as animal traces are actually algae and bacteria, research reveals

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Lab-grown diamond device could change how radiation doses are measured

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Snow and glacier ecosystems across remote Antarctic island reveal hidden microbial diversity

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The Tonga Volcano Cleaned Up After Itself

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Heat index maps uncover when city greening cools most—and when it can backfire

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Nudge theory was all about taking responsibility, but it allowed big business to look the other way

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Researchers find coherent ferrons—polarization waves with potential across quantum and telecom applications

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Metagenomics and AI could unlock uncultivated bacteria and archaea

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From AI companions to climate action, we undervalue what lies ahead

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Smarter search for fuel-cell catalysts uses machine learning

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Hidden proton pathways emerge as ultrathin polymer film method splits interface signals

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What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur‑killing asteroid armageddon: A blow‑by‑blow account

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These Small Ants Act Like Cleaner Fish

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Climate patterns may shape where violent conflict risks are amplified

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Relaxing rules on carbon markets would undermine climate action, scientists warn

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How carbon dioxide cools the upper atmosphere—and warms Earth below

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Inland seas may face widespread heat waves by midcentury as warming accelerates

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Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights

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Shark face study uncovers 400-million-year-old blueprint shared across jawed vertebrates

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Looped polymers unlock stronger, faster molecular binding through entropy, model suggests

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How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions

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New alien-life test could help Mars and Europa missions read organic molecules

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Is This Why Science Advances One Funeral at a Time?

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Study finds airborne testing could help spot equine herpesvirus at major events

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Light reshapes metal-organic framework to harvest airborne water

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