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How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images

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Earth Week: Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea

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Thin film converts heat from electronics into energy

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Sensor strategy a boon for synthetic biology

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Extreme climate variability destabilizing West Coast ecosystems

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Developmental psychologist receives 2018 Alan T. Waterman Award

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Newly discovered salty subglacial lakes could help search for life in solar system

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Immune-engineered device targets chemo-resistant lymphoma

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Circumbinary castaways: Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds

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Deep learning transforms smartphone microscopes into laboratory-grade devices

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Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but more slowly than shoreline is lost

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3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control

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One-fifth of carbon entering coastal waters of eastern North America is buried

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Swamp microbe has pollution-munching power

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'Everything-repellent' coating could kidproof phones, homes

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The changing chemistry of the Amazonian atmosphere

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How to catch a fish genome with big data

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Study reveals declining Central American frog species are bouncing back

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Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says

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Smithsonian scientists and collaborators demonstrate new driver of extinction

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New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries

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Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound

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Scientists record brain activity of free-flying bats

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Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturing

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Where's the greatest risk of a mosquito bite in Baltimore? A surprising answer

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Powering advances in wireless connectivity for the future

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2018 Community College Innovation Challenge finalists announced

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Solid research leads physicists to propose new state of matter

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To shore up beaches, just add sand?

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