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North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them

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Researchers develop thermo-responsive protein hydrogel

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Sea lions may inspire 'strokes' of genius

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Media Telecon: NSF's Green Bank Observatory

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Hope for coral recovery may depend on good parenting

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Scientists project northward expansion of Valley fever by end of 21st century

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Researchers use machine learning to find out which wildfires will burn out of control

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Satellite data can reveal fire susceptibility in peatlands

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Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations

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Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms

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Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves

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Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement

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Salt marshes' capacity to store carbon may be threatened by nitrogen pollution

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New sensors to monitor storm surge on bridges

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Study reveals new patterns of key ocean nutrient

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Solutions to urban heat differ between tropical and drier climes

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Agrivoltaics proves beneficial across food, water, energy nexus

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Deep-sea sediments lead to new understanding of solar system

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Scientists discover clues to ancient high sea level rise in Mallorcan cave

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A new way to measure the path of water

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Plant gene discovery could help reduce fertilizer pollution in waterways

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From tropical to boreal ecosystems, temperature drives functioning

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Kilauea lava fuels phytoplankton bloom off Hawaii Island

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Oak trees in Southern U.S. cities are natural urban air filters

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Pancreas on a chip

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Vintage film shows that Thwaites Glacier ice shelf has melted faster than previously observed

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New insights into genetic basis of bird migration

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NSF-funded leadership-class computing center boosts U.S. science with largest academic supercomputer in the world

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Climate change, coastal development lead to nearshore coral declines

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3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry

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