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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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Plants are marvelous chemists, the gardenia's DNA shows

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Researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals

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Wildlife territorial behavior could play larger role in disease spread than thought

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The DNA that gave us 100 different kinds of tomatoes

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Statement on NSF Proposal Deadlines

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Patterns in permafrost soils could help climate change models

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Scientists conduct first census of viruses and bacteria in Florida springs

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Study shows that dry air drives overlooked changes in how plants use water

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Ocean virus hijacks carbon-storing bacteria

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Global cooling event 4,200 years ago spurred rice's evolution, spread across Asia

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No-till agriculture increases crop yields, environmental gains over long haul

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Red tulips, pink magnolias, purple lilacs: How do plants create all that color?

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Bumblebee disease, reproduction shaped by flowering strip plants

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New process considers numerous coronavirus models to reduce uncertainty

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What limits the ability of plants to draw water from dry soil?

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National Science Foundation-funded scientists developing more accurate statistical models of COVID-19

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Catch rate is a poor indicator of lake fishery health

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Can seagrass meadows continue to mitigate climate change?

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Researchers developing one-step COVID-19 diagnostic tool

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Biologists using supercomputer simulations to analyze the coronavirus

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Soot may be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves

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Genomes of 5 cotton species could lead to better varieties

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10 years later: What did scientists learn from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?

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Wallflowers could lead to new drugs

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Long-lived tropical trees play outsized role in carbon storage

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Researchers uncover importance of aligning biological clocks with day-night cycles

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Elephants reverse the cattle-caused depletion of soil carbon and nutrient pools

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