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Major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as in the tropics

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Biologists find 10 lineages of fish able to live in highly toxic streams

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Desert algae shed light on desiccation tolerance in green plants

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Materials scientists drill down to vulnerabilities in human tooth decay

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Knowledge of severe storm patterns may improve tornado warnings

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Complex geometric models made simple

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Warming reduces trees' ability to slow climate change

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New software tool to model the economic and environmental impacts of California drought

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Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world

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Geochemists solve mystery of Earth's vanishing crust

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Eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to period of extreme cold in ancient Rome

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Carbon dioxide levels are rising across wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean's Canada Basin

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Dive into the sea: Summer research and education program in ocean sciences

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Species could hold a cure for melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer

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Scientists develop numerical capability of laser-driven X-ray imaging

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LIGO-Virgo finds mystery object in gap between neutron stars and black holes

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300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path

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New director takes helm at National Science Foundation

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New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group

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Light-activated 'CRISPR' enables fast, precise gene editing and detection of DNA repair

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Adhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system

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Plants are marvelous chemists, the gardenia's DNA shows

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Taking a landslide's temperature to avert catastrophe

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Researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals

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Spontaneous formation of nanoscale hollow structures could boost battery storage

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Researchers use machine learning algorithm to analyze consumer data

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Bedrock type under forests greatly affects tree growth, species, carbon storage

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Autonomous HVAC system could provide more comfort with less energy

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