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Weather surveillance radar data shows 45 million insects taking flight over brightly lit city

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New natural blue food coloring from red cabbage

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From stardust to pale blue dot: Carbon's interstellar journey to Earth

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Century-old problem solved with first-ever 3D atomic imaging of an amorphous solid

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Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish under climate change

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How the Chicxulub impact gave rise to modern rainforests

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Single day of competition in the wild is encoded in the brain

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Taking the vital signs of the global ocean with biogeochemical floats

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First results from Fermilab's Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics

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U.S. East Coast sea level rise in 20th century fastest in 2,000 years

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Scientists report 6 novel variants in CRISPR-Cas12a in plants, expanding genome engineering

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Baby stars hatch from stellar eggs near galaxy’s center

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Researchers look for human disease solutions in opossums

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Healthy sleep may rely on long-overlooked brain cells

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Changes in ocean chemistry show how sea level affects global carbon cycle

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Researchers discover that 'cryptic species' respond differently to coral bleaching

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Engineering the Mississippi River has kept carbon out of the atmosphere, new study reveals

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'By-the-wind sailor' jellies wash ashore in massive numbers after warmer winters

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WOX9: A gene that's a jack of all trades

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How do birds breathe so efficiently? Looped airways facilitate air flows

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Found in space: Complex carbon-based molecules

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Model predicts urban development and greenhouses gasses will fuel urban floods

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Sea otters keep remaining California kelp forests alive

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Study shows how varying Arctic climate conditions impact vulnerable species

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Study shows loss of gene function is causal to congenital heart disease

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How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer

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How hummingbirds hum

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Littlest shop of horrors: Hungry green algae prefer to eat bacteria alive

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Scientists image magnetic fields at edge of M87's black hole

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Scientists link flower color changes with climate fluctuations

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