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Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges

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Two Theories of Consciousness Faced Off. The Ref Took a Beating.

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Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions

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Humans’ Wounds Heal Much More Slowly Than Other Mammals’

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A Massive, Glow-in-the-Dark Cloud Lurking in Our Cosmic Backyard

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Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research

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Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know

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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

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Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis

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These Apes Are Matriarchal, but It Doesn’t Mean They’re Peaceful

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The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over

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The Physics of the Perfect Pour Over

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How Bats Enjoy an In-Flight Beverage Service

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National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards

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The Lyrids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.

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Hidden Above a Trap Door, 17th-Century Frescoes Come to Light

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It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming

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On New Website, Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid

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Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

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10 billion Milky Way stars might have habitable exoplanets after all

10 billion Milky Way stars might have habitable exoplanets after all A research team led by the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant used computer simulations to determine that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously realized… Read more at nsf.gov

It Took a Century to Find This Colossal Squid

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NSF launches new sexual assault crisis helpline for research community

NSF launches new sexual assault crisis helpline for research community The U.S. National Science Foundation today launched a 24/7 crisis intervention helpline for members of the NSF research community who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, or stalking. The NSF Safer Science Helpline is an anonymous and… Read more at nsf.gov

Molecular nanocages remove 80-90% of PFAS, or 'forever chemicals,' from water

Molecular nanocages remove 80-90% of PFAS, or 'forever chemicals,' from water Researchers funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation have created a molecular nanocage that captures the bulk of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, found in water — and it works better than traditional filtering techniques that use… Read more at nsf.gov

How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.

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Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space

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A CautionaryTale of 408 Tentacles

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A Self-Made Space Historian Is Stepping Into the Role Full Time

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She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

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With a Jawbone, Scientists Expand the Ancient Range of a Mysterious Human Relative

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Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know

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Solid or liquid? Scientists accurately predict complex tissue changes in fruit fly embryos

Solid or liquid? Scientists accurately predict complex tissue changes in fruit fly embryos Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, scientists have accurately modeled particular cellular changes in  Drosophila melanogaster, or the fruit fly, during embryonic development. When certain tissue shrinks dramatically to close a gap during… Read more at nsf.gov

Mars Is the Priority, Trump’s Pick to Lead NASA Will Say

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The Skin on Mysterious Medieval Books Concealed a Shaggy Surprise

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Nuclear Testing Not Advised, Trump’s Nominee Says in Senate Hearing

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King K. Holmes, 87, Dies; Researcher Destigmatized Study of S.T.I.s

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Quantum quasiparticle could make future quantum computers more reliable

Quantum quasiparticle could make future quantum computers more reliable Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, physicists have revealed the presence of a previously unobserved type of subatomic phenomenon called a fractional exciton. Their findings confirm theoretical predictions of a quasiparticle with… Read more at nsf.gov

Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired

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Tiny lenses grown from bacteria and enzymes may help doctors see inside cells

Tiny lenses grown from bacteria and enzymes may help doctors see inside cells A team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has successfully made self-growing microlenses using bacteria and enzymes found in sea sponges. Because the microlenses are created by bacterial cell factories that function at… Read more at nsf.gov

Jeremiah Ostriker, Who Plumbed Dark Forces That Shape Universe, Dies at 87

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Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

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An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100

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Philadelphia Zoo Welcomes Four Endangered Tortoise Hatchlings

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SpaceX Astronauts Splash Down Off California Coast for the First Time

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The Very Territorial Caterpillar

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One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human Trash

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In the Calls of Bonobos, Scientists Hear Hints of Language

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Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries

Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky, The University of Tennessee and Indiana University, including those supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, have collaborated with scientists from the U.S. Forest Service and others… Read more at nsf.gov

Scientists Reveal the Hairy Truth About Giant Ground Sloths

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Ralph Holloway, Anthropologist Who Studied Brain’s Evolution, Dies at 90

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A love letter to the Division of Violence Prevention

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Read the letter

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This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning

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How the Myanmar Earthquake Shook Skyscrapers in Bangkok

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