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The science behind the Adidas shoes that helped two marathoners break the two-hour mark

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Why Cooperation Falls Apart Over Time

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What Happens When Giants Disappear from Ecosystems?

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Better volcano eruption predictions on Earth—and Venus—thanks to Mauna Loa study

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Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, research finds

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How bacteria circumvent plants' immune system

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The cost of toxic leadership in the workplace, and how to avoid it

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Synchrotron safety monitoring sheds light on dark photons

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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting, but confirmation can take years

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Iconic Sombrero Galaxy captured in incredible detail, revealing its enormous glowing halo

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New self-assembling polymers proven to be effective at gene delivery

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Here's what we know about the climate cost of white trails aircraft leave in the sky

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Coercion isn't care, and new laws that enforce treatment and confinement are dangerous

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Atomic map reveals how Leptospira bacteria flip virulence switch inside hosts

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Mopane worm and termite sales relieve poverty in rural South Africa—studies explore the impact

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Two suns are better than one—planets thrive around binary stars

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People trust vaccine scientists as much as other researchers, poll shows

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What to know about sex trafficking as Pittsburgh hosts the NFL draft

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DNA molecular computer combines memory and computing at scales below 2 nm

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Blood filtering could help treat preeclampsia, pilot study suggests

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Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave

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The Duolingo taxi test—could being rude to the driver cost you your dream job?

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Brazil's farm expansion has left a vast soil carbon debt—but one fix could help meet climate goals

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Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness

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Mining the solar system to build a new world

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CRISPR untangles five-gene protein that helps plants grow in early stages

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Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease treatment

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Rare ribosome tweak in E. coli reveals possible antibiotic target

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Physicists Discover the Most Complex Forms of Ice Yet

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Scientists finally solve mystery of strange “golden orb” found 2 miles deep

Researchers say remote Lake Superior island's wolves are thriving as packs prey on moose

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More than two species? Scientists challenge taxonomy of two-toed sloths in Amazonia

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This dangerous pregnancy complication is common. A new treatment might help

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This tiny mammal survived the dinosaur apocalypse and changed life on Earth

This hidden kind of stress may be damaging your memory as you age

Beer and cannabis could share 'sex switch,' study finds

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Study explores why workers are leaving their jobs in the homeless services sector

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An acoustic device helps reduce bycatch of endangered Black Sea porpoises

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Bacterial defense system builds DNA in unexpected new way to stop viruses

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Scientists discover how to freeze transplant organs without cracking them

An interplanetary shortcut can speed up trips to Mars

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Looser mortgage lending rules, regulation may destabilize financial system

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Students build a “cosmic radio” to listen for dark matter

New method to raise investment funds for projects that restore coastal wetlands for climate adaptation

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Improving animal welfare in the lab: AI helps better detect pain

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What happened after the fast-food pay raise in California? New data explains

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Scientists just captured a mysterious quantum “dance” inside superconductors

Scientists may have found the brain’s switch for chronic pain

Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

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Why dolphins swim so fast: The secrets of hidden whirlpools

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