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Ancient marine faunas unlock secrets of warming oceans

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A mild way to upcycle plastics used in bottles into fuel and other high-value products

Environment
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Up-trending farming and landscape disruptions threaten Paris climate agreement goals

Optics & Photonics
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Microscopy systems using customized chips could expand on-site identification of pathogens

Astronomy
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Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulfur dioxide, new study shows

Optics & Photonics
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Optical scanner design for adaptive driving beam systems can lead to safer night driving

Astronomy
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Precision measurements of intracluster light suggest possible link to dark matter

Environment
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Wildfire ravages massive section of Argentine forest

Molecular & Computational biology
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First ever 'pioneer' factor found in plants enables cells to change their fate

Environment
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Forests with diverse tree sizes and small clearings hinder wildland fire growth

Other
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Juicing technique could influence healthfulness of fresh-squeezed juice

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Plants & Animals
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On nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less, study shows

Evolution
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Pioneering research unravels hidden origins of Eastern Asia's 'land of milk and honey'

Cell & Microbiology
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Cell death shines a light on the origins of complex life

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'Doomsday Clock' stuck at 100 seconds to midnight

Plants & Animals
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Researchers use car collisions with deer to study mysterious animal-population phenomena

Astronomy
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Mira's last journey: Exploring the dark universe

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Materials Science
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Ions in molten salts can 'go against the flow'

Environment
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Historically redlined neighborhoods are more likely to lack greenspace today

Bio & Medicine
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Technology could upend DNA sequencing for diagnosing certain DNA mutations

Earth Sciences
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More than just carbon dioxide: It's time to tackle short-lived climate-forcing pollutants

Plants & Animals
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RNAi-based products: A sustainable alternative to hazardous pesticides

Economics & Business
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Poorer students are less likely to take part in sport at university

Plants & Animals
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Empty seas: Oceanic shark populations dropped 71% since 1970

Environment
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People take better care of of public places when they feel like they have a stake in them

Materials Science
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How metal atoms can arrange themselves on an insulator

Materials Science
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Scientists propose novel bifunctional catalysts on biomass-derived carbon

Nanomaterials
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Studies provide answers about promising 2-D materials

Mathematics
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An app-based recommendation framework for investor adoption of crypto assets

Materials Science
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Well connected through amides

General Physics
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Size of helium nucleus measured more precisely than ever before

Earth Sciences
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Top 10 insights in climate science in 2020 selected by 57 leading global researchers

Cell & Microbiology
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Scientists find new mechanism to keep cell death pathway suppressed

Plants & Animals
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Healthy lifespan analysis using nematodes

Ecology
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New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

General Physics
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How heavy is dark matter? Scientists radically narrow the potential mass range for the first time

Paleontology & Fossils
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Newly discovered fossil named after paleontologist

Cell & Microbiology
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Humanizing yeast ORC sheds light on cancer therapy and human development

Earth Sciences
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Deep-sea plastic accumulations by turbidity currents: NW South China sea

Other
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Which beverages burst with umami potential?

Optics & Photonics
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A vacuum-ultraviolet laser with submicrometer spot for spatially resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Archaeology
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History of the Champagne vineyards revealed

Plants & Animals
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Key switchgrass genes identified, which could mean better biofuels ahead

Evolution
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'Virtual anatomy' imaging yields new insight into ancient platypus fish

Earth Sciences
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Geological phenomenon widening the Atlantic Ocean

Earth Sciences
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Revised Holocene temperature record affirms role of greenhouse gases in recent millennia

Materials Science
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Even machines need their greens

Space Exploration
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Unique solar system views from NASA sun-studying missions

Ecology
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Nigeria seizes pangolin scales bound for Vietnam

Space Exploration
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Spacewalking astronauts improve station's European lab

Environment
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Biden aims for most ambitious US effort on climate change

Social Sciences
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Measures used to reduce the spread of COVID found to reduce contacts 50-62 percent in school children

Economics & Business
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Study reveals precarious employment on the rise long before COVID-19

General Physics
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Expert in fluid dynamics explains how to reduce the risk of COVID-19 airborne transmission inside a car

Space Exploration
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Video: EDRS: the space data highway

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Social Sciences
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Researchers seek higher living quality in high-density housing

Social Sciences
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Black parents protect children's privacy through home schooling, research shows

Optics & Photonics
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A new way to measure record-setting electron beams

Cell & Microbiology
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Newly discovered molecule disrupts virus infections through protein quality control pathways

Mathematics
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Simulating cities under pandemic conditions to make predictions about future outbreaks

Evolution
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How chromosomes evolve to create new forms of life

Environment
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Keystone XL legal risks highlight dangers of putting investors before climate change

Social Sciences
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Domestic violence soars after natural disasters—prevention needs to be part of the emergency response

Plants & Animals
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It's bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don't swat

Astronomy
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Astronomers discover new candidate redback millisecond pulsar

Other
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Pandemic schmandemic: Investigating the linguistic quirk that lifts the mood

Biochemistry
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High-resolution structures of the archaerhodopsin-3 protein shed new light on receptor desensitization

General Physics
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BASE opens up new possibilities in the search for cold dark matter

Plants & Animals
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How climate caprices can trigger plants

Cell & Microbiology
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Surprising behavior of transcription factors challenges theories of gene regulation

Analytical Chemistry
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Detecting trace amounts of multiple classes of antibiotics in foods

Other
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Putting bugs on the menu, safely

Space Exploration
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A CubeSat will test out water as a propulsion system

Bio & Medicine
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Ultra-absorptive nanofiber swabs could improve SARS-CoV-2 test sensitivity

Cell & Microbiology
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New method shows promise in identifying disease-fighting drug targets

Biotechnology
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Researchers reveal recipe for engineering ribosomes

Space Exploration
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OSIRIS-REx mission plans for May asteroid departure

General Physics
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Mathematical model verifies a correct understanding of epidemic's severity

Cell & Microbiology
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How blood stem cells maintain their lifelong potential for self-renewal

Archaeology
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Ancient proteins help track early milk drinking in Africa

Plants & Animals
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Genome sequences for two wild tomato ancestors

Plants & Animals
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Philippine forest trees threatened by deforestation and climate change

Environment
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Arctic ocean expedition advances climate modeling

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Plants & Animals
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Not obese after all: Captive Asian elephants less fat than average human

Biotechnology
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Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA

Environment
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Carbon-chomping soil bacteria may pose hidden climate risk

Environment
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Biden to halt fossil fuel leasing on federal land

Environment
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Indonesian volcano unleashes river of lava in new eruption

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Plants & Animals
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Harpy eagles could be under greater threat than previously thought

Social Sciences
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Pace of prehistoric human innovation could be revealed by 'linguistic thermometer'

Biotechnology
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Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic

Materials Science
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Solar material can 'self-heal' imperfections, new research shows

Space Exploration
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The naming of Tooley crater

Environment
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World's largest opinion survey on climate change: Majority call for wide-ranging action

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Molecular & Computational biology
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Cell 'bones' mystery solved with supercomputers

Ecology
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Ocean toxin a heartbreaking threat for sea otters

Environment
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Satellite data reveals bonds between emissions, pollution and economy

Ecology
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Southern Africa's most endangered shark just extended its range by 2,000 kilometers

Astronomy
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Extreme black holes have hair that can be combed