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Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults

Researchers use machine learning to predict exercise adherence

Americans don't think bird flu is a threat, study suggests

Screen time surprise under grandparents' care

Disrupting 'communication' with plants could limit soybean cyst nematode infections

Key enzyme in lipid metabolism linked to immune system aging

Generative AI's diagnostic capabilities comparable to non-specialist doctors

'Faster charging, longer lifespan': Next-generation battery breakthrough

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans: A simulation-based analysis

Cognitively impaired older drivers are less likely to cause a crash when accompanied by a passenger

Pushing boundaries: Detecting the anomalous Hall effect without magnetization in a new class of materials

Existing drug has potential for immune paralysis

Soft brainstem implant delivers high-resolution hearing

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans, simulation suggests

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Disrupting 'communication' with plants could limit cyst nematode infections

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Native American names extend the earthquake history of northeastern North America

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Discovering 'pirate parasitism': Wasps can successfully exploit unsuitable hosts with help from another species

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Indigenous Peoples feel the brunt of rising temperatures, climate policy

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Image: Hubble spots a squid in the whale

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How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands

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Microplastics Make It into Your Food through Plant Leaves

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Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake

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Analyzing extracurricular activities in college admissions process to improve access

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Regulators of DNA folding could be targets for treating cancer

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Q&A: How scientists and farmers are working to adapt to avian flu

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Researchers discover new plant species Saussurea degeensis from southwestern China

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Red, pink or white, all roses were once yellow says genomic analysis

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Price discrimination is getting smarter—and low-income consumers are paying the price

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Heavy metals taint nearly 1 in 6 croplands worldwide, say scientists

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NASA balloon at float, begins Southern Hemisphere journey

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How to catch the shooting stars of spring's first meteor shower, the Lyrids

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New Proof Settles Decades-Old Bet About Connected Networks

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Precision-shaped Cu₂O crystals unlock new potential for clean energy catalysts

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'Magic carpet' guides cells to self-organize in 3D

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What Causes Severe Morning Sickness, and What Treatments Exist?

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Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior

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Artificial light pollution could fuel growth of toxic algal blooms

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Limits of Knowledge Crossword

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Layered room-temperature altermagnet shows promise for advanced spintronics

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NASA’s Next Major Space Telescope Is Ready to Launch. Trump Wants to Kill It and Other Vital Science

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Indian astronomers investigate the behavior of X-ray binary SXP 138

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What Are ORCs? Astronomers Still Don’t Know

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Reusable moss-based adsorbent can help clean up oil spills

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Hot methane seeps could support life beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet

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Scientific American Editor Gary Stix Talks about His 35 Years of Editing the Magazine

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Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction

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Detecting the anomalous Hall effect without magnetization in a new class of materials

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Heavy metals contaminate up to 17% of world's arable land: Study

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India's elephant warning system tackles deadly conflict

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First US 'refugee scientists' to arrive in France in weeks: university

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