SCIENCE
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Pulsing Magma in Earth’s Mantle Drives Tectonic Plates Tearing Africa Apart
Magma Pulses Are Tearing Africa Apart Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below…
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Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy
Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific Controversy Adult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed…
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Rubin Observatory Data Flood Will Let the Universe Alert Astronomers 10 Million Times a Night
Bang! Whiz! Pop! The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more.…
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Weather Forecasters Lose Crucial Hurricane Detection Microwave Satellite Data
On television broadcasts and forecast maps, hurricanes appear as two-dimensional swirling vortices, belying their extremely complex three-dimensional structure. Being able…
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How Perfectionism Hurts Parents and Their Kids
You want your kids to feel loved—and to be happy, healthy and reasonably well-behaved. Nothing is more important. Advice about…
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Hurricane Hunter Flights Improve Hurricane Forecasts, But Trump Budget Cuts Could Threaten Them
Daring Hurricane Hunter Flights Make Forecasts More Accurate. But They Could Face Cuts NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplane missions significantly increase…
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Supreme Court Skrmetti Decision Permits Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Children
How Supreme Court Trans Health Care Ruling Will Affect Kids The Supreme Court has decided to uphold a state ban…
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Mathematicians Hunting Prime Numbers Discover Infinite New Pattern for Finding Them
For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to search for new patterns that help identify…
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Djungarian Hamsters Are Unusually Involved Fathers
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Parental care is costly. It uses up precious time, energy…
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Why the Waymo Car Fires in Recent Los Angeles Protests Caused the Robotaxis to Burn So Completely
Thermal Runaway Explains Why Waymo Cars Burned So Completely in the Recent Los Angeles Protests During recent protests in Los…
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