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What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

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Scientists warn UK biodiversity report may distort evidence with security framing

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New glassfrog species named for first Ecuadorian woman to win a gold medal

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Ancient tectonic processes are the key to locating rare minerals

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Sinking land drives coastal flood risk on densely populated Java Island

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Is this the most niche scientific tourist attraction in the world?

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Electron–atom scattering encodes the quantum state of electron wave packets

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Unique double baptistery and mysterious marble block uncovered at Byzantine cathedral in Israel

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Quantum entanglement can be measured in solids for the first time

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Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago

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Disappearing megafauna may have prompted a stone tool revolution

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Optical control of nuclear spins in molecules points to new paths for quantum technologies

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How Childhood Dementia Ravages the Brain

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Hawaii is turning ocean plastic into roads to fight pollution

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A roadmap for atomic force microscopy use in next-generation semiconductor and energy materials research

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Glucose transport may hinge on a fleeting transition-like state

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Avoiding the very hungry caterpillar: Herbivores pose unexpected threat to predatory mite eggs

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Why some bosses reward 'dark traits' at work, and what it costs later

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Global trade in wild birds is poorly monitored: The risks to wildlife, ecosystems and human health

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The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve

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Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle

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Countries suffer when credit rating agencies lack data: How to fix the problem at source

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Is This Brain Cell the Key to Controlling Appetite?

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Why some children with learning difficulties get identified, and others don't

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Can serendipity be harnessed? Reflecting on unplanned outcomes offers benefits

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AI uncovers hidden immune defenses inside bacteria

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Seal tooth pendant reveals ancient human culture and long-distance trading

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The oldest breath: A 300-million-year-old mummy reveals the origins of how amniotes breathe

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Mummified reptile hints at the origins of how we breathe

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How well GLP-1 weight loss drugs work may depend on your genetics

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Sound-sensing hair bundles in our ears act as tiny thermodynamic machines

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NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy

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Experiments Ring the ‘Death Knell’ for Sterile Neutrinos

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Neanderthals in Central Europe hunted pond turtles—not for food, but likely for their shells

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'Pinprick of light': Artemis crew witnesses meteorite impacts on moon

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Ancient farmers accidentally created aggressive “warrior” wheat

Triple threat emerges as sharks, beach nourishment and murky waters collide

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Split shift: A surprising twist in the biology of aging

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Absinthe: What the ban on France's aromatic spirit teaches us about modern-day blaming and shaming

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Celestial wonders in Leo

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Giant jars, ancient bells, buried bones and a mystery that endures

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Scientists say we’ve been wrong about what makes sprinters fast

Hacks, doxxing and deepfakes: Are we overexposed as a society?

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Heat from traffic is contributing to rises in city temperatures, study finds

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A volcanic medley near Mammoth Lakes

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Tracking Artemis II—after its historic lunar flyby, NASA’s moon mission heads home

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Something just hit the Moon and left a bright new scar

Particles seen emerging from empty space for first time

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Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book

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NASA’s Artemis program has sparked a race to land U.S. rovers on the moon

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