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How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

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SpaceX seeks a record $75 bn in stock market debut

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From introvert to hero: The 'Hacker' revealed

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Photoexcitation flips 2D moiré devices from metals to insulators in ultrafast test

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Detection at the nanoscale: A phosphate-detecting electrochemical sensor

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Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain

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Search for alien technology on interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS comes up empty

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Scientists discover the master clock that controls biological growth and development

Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue

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SpaceX's IPO is set to be the biggest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire

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New gold-palladium catalysis mechanism could advance bio-based chemical manufacturing

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Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier

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Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

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Canadian government endorses a plan to move whales from shuttered Marineland park to US and Spain

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Stonehenge Altar Stone's epic transportation across ancient Britain detailed in new study

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Beluga whales keep switching mates and it may be saving their species

Scientists discover a quantum effect that could eliminate batteries

Cancer’s favorite escape trick may actually make it easier to kill

NASA's Webb detects methane and strange chemistry on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Moms' learned fear of snakes gets inherited by offspring in a critically endangered mouse, biologists discover

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Reconnecting the last wild landscapes of the Javan leopard

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Q&A: How approval processes drive up housing costs in major cities

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The next-generation Very Large Array prototype gathers its first light

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Great apes: What we know about their cognition, cooperation and curiosity after two decades of research

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White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires

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Asteroid dirt is 'fluffier' than we thought

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Species of Brazilian moths described in honor of Orixás, foundational deities of Afro-Brazilian religions

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Hybrid work is not always the golden compromise employees expect—even as more companies implement it

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Monitoring reveals elevated antidepressant levels in some waterways

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Dynamic nanogates let longer molecules pass faster through flexible pores

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Q&A: Why scientists are studying a microbe they found in a sink

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Nitric oxide overload jams plant immune signals, researchers find

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A new capability to detect chemical weapons involves two existing methods

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Tanzania's iconic heritage sites face damage from state-backed tourism

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How methane policy will make or break the climate crisis

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How Jupiter may have redirected life's ingredients toward Earth 4.5 billion years ago

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Plants boost carbon uptake through water efficiency, not heat adaptation, global analysis reveals

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AI offers promise for agriculture, but smallholder farmers risk being left behind

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Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reveals no technosignatures in seven-hour radio scan

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A very strong El Niño is approaching. Here's what we can expect

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Research could pave the way for more resilient winter cereals in warmer climates

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Japan's new seafloor record could sharpen megathrust earthquake warnings in Nankai Trough

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Why 'psychopath' is a dangerous label when it comes to criminal justice

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Thundering footsteps warn caterpillars of lethal ladybeetle attacks

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Watch How “Trashy” City Bowerbirds Attract Their Mates

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Why doesn't coffee taste like caffeine?

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PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms—so does their health risk

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Programmable chemistry unlocks drugs only in target cells, aiming to cut side effects

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Temperature gaps help sneeze clouds stay denser and travel farther, experiments show

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Water-wave tweezers steer tiny 'surfers' without touching them

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