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Will artificial snow save the ski industry in the long run, or curse it?

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Hair extensions may contain chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive issues

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Only humans have chins: Study shows it's an evolutionary accident

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Mars' 'young' volcanoes prove more complex than scientists once thought

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Carbon nanotube 'sandpaper' polishes semiconductor surfaces down to a few atoms

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Extinct Hawaiian ibis with strangely small eyes suggests a shift to nocturnal life

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Flipping and reversing mini-proteins could improve tuberculosis treatment

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Why I'm still an environmental optimist – despite it all

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What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

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New Scientist recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

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Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

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'Roughly 109.5 golden retrievers': a new way to measure ice

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Humic acid-modified bentonite improves ammonium retention and reduces nitrogen loss

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Parabolic mirror-enhanced Raman spectroscopy enables high-sensitivity trace gas detection

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How a tiny shrimp could hold the clue to better armor

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A new way to 'cage' plutonium

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The radical propulsion needed to catch the solar gravitational lens

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Freshwater ecosystems could play a critical role in climate resilience

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Strike against mask wearing in 1930s echoed COVID-19 protests, study finds

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Not all gigs are equal: Informal self-employment linked to lower pay, poorer health and instability

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UK winters grow wetter as greenhouse gases rise, research reveals

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Tiny marine animal reveals bacterial origin of animal defense mechanisms

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Not like other rats: Getting to know the rakali

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Ammonia leaks can be spotted in under two seconds using new alveoli-inspired droplet sensor

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What does it take to eat like an Olympian?

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Edward Teller Tried to Move Mountains With Nuclear Bombs

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Food chains in Caribbean coral reefs are getting shorter

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7,000-year-old deer antler headdress from Eilsleben illustrates contact between hunter–gatherers and early farmers

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Keeping an eagle eye on carbon stored in the ocean

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New experiments suggest Earth's core contains up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen

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Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar as 2nd-largest city '75% destroyed'

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Southern right whales are having babies less often, but why?

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Majorana qubits become readable as quantum capacitance detects even-odd states

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Putting a price tag on nature failed. Can radical tactics save it?

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The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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Quick course correction needed to avoid 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say

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Root microbes could help oak trees adapt to drought

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7,000 years of change: How humans reshaped Caribbean coral reef food chains

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A precise proton measurement helps put a core theory of physics to the test

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What the troubling use of the term 'ghettos' reveals about Denmark's attitude towards immigration

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Can life begin on a moon without a sun?

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Celebrating the women shaping the future of science and scholarly publishing

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Drones can offer a faster, more precise way to measure blackberry flowering

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New toolkit helps women report abuse in sport

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FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise

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Is your phone your comfort blanket?

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We need to plan for what we fear, not just what we expect

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Captured on camera for the first time: How tiny marsupials crawl to their mother's pouch

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Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Ozempic deliver big results but face big questions

Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water

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