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Wildfires don't just pollute the air, rain may turn its smoke into fertilizer
Wildfire smoke is usually discussed as an airborne pollutant and a threat to human health. But when smoke and rain coincide, nutrients relea
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Gamma-ray signal could be long awaited evidence for WIMPs
Dark matter is known to make up roughly 85% of all mass in the universe, as evidenced by the way galaxies spin and how galaxy clusters are h
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Bioinspired nanoparticles deliver gene editing to lower 'bad' cholesterol
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and Tianjin Medical University Genera
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Scientists resurrect ancient proteins, offering new antibiotic leads
University of Oregon biologists have resurrected prehistoric proteins up to 160 million years old that carry natural antimicrobial propertie
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Your brain may not actually “make” decisions
A neuroscientist is challenging the idea that the brain contains a central system that actually “makes” our decisions. What we experience as
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Lunar soil reads as a cosmic time capsule for exploding stars
When a star reaches its final stages of life, it ends in a bright, powerful explosion called a supernova and scatters material across the un
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From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as it travels, and it can harm your health in different ways
As wildfire smoke plumes travel thousands of miles, sunlight and atmospheric chemistry bleach their color, strip away their campfire aroma a
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Moving turtle nests to save the eggs can have hidden consequences
Moving threatened sea turtle nests to cooler, safer parts of the beach can save entire clutches from rising tides and extreme heat, but new
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A 'super El Niño' could make India's monsoon drier yet more dangerous
India is currently in the middle of its summer monsoon, but this year's rainfall presents an interesting paradox. Much of the country has re
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Naked photobombing comet found in public image
Sometimes images are released before anyone realizes they have been photobombed, meaning something unexpected showed up in the background. A
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Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth grad
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'Wartime situation': Tornado ravages French village
A tornado of rare intensity devastated a village in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock Tuesday,
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Rare medieval manuscript fragments reveal Guernsey's lost literary history
Seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey with support from Kent manuscript expert Dr. David Rundle, offering
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Satellite analysis tracks carbon cost of coastal erosion
From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing more than 1.45 billion pounds (660,000 metric tons) of carbon into the ocean
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New gallery of galaxies from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory released
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from
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A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse
With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North Slope tundra can look desolate—especially to outsiders from the Lower 48 who are used
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Exact calculations sharpen view of atomic nuclei
Every high-energy nuclear collision leaves behind a trail of clues about the structure of atomic nuclei. Deciphering those clues, however, d
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Can laws make social media safer for young people?
From TikTok bans and age verification requirements to media literacy lessons in schools, U.S. states are exploring a wide range of strategie
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Relief may be near for Indiana city after days without power
After nearly two-weeks without power, Gary, Indiana residents and officials call for accountability, infrastructure improvements, and custom
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Chemical physicists quantitatively model electron interactions in real quantum materials
A team of scientists from Caltech and Yale University has shown for the first time how to accurately quantify an important quantum phenomeno
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Companies, regulators and stakeholders shape sustainability reporting, says researcher
Sustainability reporting is shaped by the social, economic and political environment in which companies operate. New research shows how corp
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Genetic evidence reveals how goosegrass colonized a newly formed volcanic island
Opportunities to directly observe how life colonizes newly formed land and how ecosystems subsequently develop are exceedingly rare. In a st
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Expert pieces together puzzle from fragments of 1,600-year-old Roman text
A Roman law expert at the University of Cincinnati edited and translated a Latin legal text he pieced together from fragments that surprisin
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The real reasons you procrastinate—and how to stop, according to science
Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you'll do it "tomorrow," "soon" or "after watching just a few more videos
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