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White men weren’t the only ones who profited from slavery
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How the Olympics Are Saving Athletes from Heat Stress
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Midwood: We have discovered an entirely new kind of wood
A scanning electron microscope image of nanoscale wood structures in a tulip treeJan J Lyczakowski and Raymond Wightman Scientists have...
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The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient
THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.Traditionally, the athletics track in an Olympic...
Grief’s Hidden Toll: How Losing Loved Ones Affects Cellular Aging
A study from Columbia University reveals that losing close family members may accelerate biological aging, with implications for long-term health...
Farm Effort to Reduce Methane Emits a Different Climate-Warming Gas
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Oldest rocks on Earth may contain strange and ancient life forms
Unusual cells without walls can create structures (main image) that resemble those found in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks from Buck Reef, South...
The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
Ongoing outbreaks of avian influenza have decimated poultry flocks and wild birds across the United States and worldwide. The virus,...
Young scientists face career hurdles in interdisciplinary research
Scientists agree that solving some of society’s greatest challenges in biomedicine such as food sustainability, aging and disease treatment will...
Why Controlling Landfill Methane Is Key to Slowing Climate Change
Why Controlling Landfill Methane Is Key to Slowing Climate ChangeThe EPA plans to propose a rule in 2025 that will...
The sun could capture rogue planets from 3.8 light years away
Artistic illustration of a rogue planetMasPix/Alamy The sun’s gravitational pull may be able to capture incoming objects from as far...
Uncovering Magnetism’s Mysterious Role in the Galaxy
When were you first drawn to learning about it?I don’t think that was from some deep-seated, lifelong need to study...
Blood Tests Show Promise for Early Dementia Detection
A new study suggests that simple blood tests may help identify people at risk for dementia years before symptoms appear....
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers a Rock That May Contain Alien Microfossils
In a dry river valley on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may at last have found its reason for being: evidence...
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