SCIENCE
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What Causes Earthquakes in the Northeast like the Magnitude 4.8 One in New Jersey?
How Common Are Northeast Earthquakes? Earthquakes in the Northeast are usually too small to feel, but larger temblors like the…
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A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide?
A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide? As much as 85 percent of U.S. emissions of sulfuryl fluoride—a rare greenhouse…
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Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds
Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds Nerve cells form long-term memories with…
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Song Lyrics Really Are Getting Simpler and More Repetitive, Study Finds
Song Lyrics Really Are Getting Simpler and More Repetitive, Study Finds An assessment of hundreds of thousands of songs confirms…
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Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First
Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First Like humans, these small Japanese birds communicate abstract concepts…
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Pig Kidney Transplanted into Living Human for First Time
Pig Kidney Transplanted into Living Human for First Time Doctors have transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living…
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High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down
High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists…
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Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why
Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even…
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Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes Loom, but the Government Is Running Out of Money to Help
Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes Loom, but the Government Is Running Out of Money to Help The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s…
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Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death
Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel…
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