SCIENCE
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AI Unravels Ancient Roman Scroll Charred By Volcano
A team of student researchers has made a giant contribution to solving one of the biggest mysteries in archaeology by…
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Why Does a Solar Eclipse Move West to East?
February 3, 2024 3 min read Here’s why the path of a solar eclipse travels in the opposite direction of…
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Growth Hormone Injections May Have ‘Seeded’ Alzheimer’s in Some People, Study Suggests
Researchers say they have uncovered more evidence to support a controversial hypothesis that sticky proteins that are a signature of…
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The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs
February 1, 2024 3 min read Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath of a fictional wildfire,…
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Lions Are Changing Their Hunting Strategy because of Ant Invasion
January 25, 2024 4 min read Big-headed ants are invading new territories in Kenya—and the consequences are rippling through the…
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Parking Lots Cause More Heat and Flooding–Here’s How 100 U.S. Cities Rank
CLIMATEWIRE | Sunbelt cities prone to extreme heat and precipitation have more parking lots in their central cores than other urban…
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The Best Way to Use Home COVID Tests Right Now
Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: We bring you the latest…
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Ailing Peregrine Moon Lander Is on Course to Crash into Earth
January 16, 2024 2 min read Peregrine will likely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, the moon lander’s builder has said…
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What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?
January 12, 2024 3 min read This week’s cold snap across the U.S. will be one of “the most impressive…
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From Wildfires to Melting Sea Ice, The Warmest Summer on Record Has Had Cascading Effects Across the Arctic
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The year 2023…
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