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500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco’ Was among First Creatures with Jaws A bizarre fossil of a Cambrian creature that looked like an “alien fish taco” reveals how a single group with jaws came to account for around 90 percent of all animal species on Earth
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Climate-Friendly Concrete Paves Path to Green Construction A California company says it has developed a novel way of making concrete that doesn’t contribute to global warming
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What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science As the daughter of a cancer researcher, Kamala Harris would bring a lifelong familiarity with science to the presidency, experts say
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Rare Whale Beached in New Zealand Offers Glimpse of Little-Known Species Scientists hope the incredibly rare beaching of a spade-toothed whale will help them learn more about this persistently elusive species
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Alaskan Heat Wave Will Send Temperatures Soaring to 90 Degrees F Temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, are predicted to reach a record-tying 90 degrees Fahrenheit because of a prolonged, unusually late heat wave
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Biden Is Out—And Discussion about Aging Is on the Loose in Politics The current presidential race has ensured that age will be a key and likely fraught consideration in future elections. Can science help determine how old is too old for a candidate before politics does?
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How the Nutrition Facts Label Has Changed Food in the U.S. Almost all packaged food sold in the U.S. for the past three decades has sported a Nutrition Facts label, with major consequences for the food system
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Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results
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BBC News
BBC News
Chimps share humans' 'snappy' conversational style Wild chimpanzees, like humans, take fast-paced turns in conversation, and often interrupt each other.
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BBC News
Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.
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Windows Devices Go Down, COVID Rates Go Up, and Tornadoes Touchdown on the Ground and...
Scientific American
Scientific American
Windows Devices Go Down, COVID Rates Go Up, and Tornadoes Touchdown on the Ground and... President Biden is far from the only positive as COVID is experiencing a summer surge. Windows malfunction grounds planes and causes outages for banks, hospitals and emergency services. The Perseid meteor shower gives you plenty of shooting stars to see. ...
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Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics
Scientific American
Scientific American
Cleaning Up Paris’s Poop River for the Olympics The Seine is set to feature prominently in the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and in its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway has been challenging to clean and keep clean after a particularly wet summer and high bacterial counts.
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BBC News
BBC News
UK coal mine fights for future in court The coal mine promises to be net zero but a recent major ruling has cast doubt on its future.
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BBC News
Make electricity cheaper to boost heat pumps - climate advisers Cutting electricity bills would persuade more people to install heat pumps, the government is told.
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BBC News
Dinosaur skeleton fetches record $44.6m at auction The near complete skeleton of a stegosaurus - named Apex - is 11ft (3.4m) tall and 27ft long, Sotheby's says.
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Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Host Latif Nasser
Scientific American
Scientific American
Name a Quasi-Moon with Radiolab Host Latif Nasser Science journalist and Radiolab host Latif Nasser found himself at the center of a space mystery. A space poster in his child’s room showed Zoozve, a moon circling Venus. Only Nasser had never heard of Zoozve—and neither had anyone else. ...
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Tornado Researchers Are Using AI, Drones and Supercomputers to Learn How Nature Makes Monsters
Scientific American
Scientific American
Tornado Researchers Are Using AI, Drones and Supercomputers to Learn How Nature Makes Monsters Real life twisters are becoming more concentrated and deadly as the climate changes. The science of detecting and predicting tornadoes is evolving. Chasers will always be a vital part of tornado detection efforts, but now drones, artificial intelligence and supercomputers ...
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BBC News
New tech aims to keep polar bears and people apart Fears about the two species coming into contact are growing as Arctic sea ice melts.
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UK Research and Innovation
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UK Research and Innovation Find out what Chloë Somers, Director of UKRI North America, has to say about UK-Canada research collaboration and their ...
Ask the Expert | Social Market Foundation and UK Research and Innovation
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Ask the Expert | Social Market Foundation and UK Research and Innovation Our Ask The Expert series, in association with UK Research and Innovation, brings academic research on public policy into the ...

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