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Blocking sunlight to cool Earth won't reduce crop damage from global warming

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Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy

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Mojave Desert birds crashed over the last century due to climate change

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Scientists create atomic glue gun to build better nucleic acid therapeutics

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A system to synthesize realistic sounds for computer animation

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Genome regulation of cell type cataloged in mouse at single-cell level

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Study: In darters, male competition drives evolution of flashy fins, bodies

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A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem

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Flies meet gruesome end under influence of puppeteer fungus

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Fertilizer destroys plant microbiome's ability to protect against disease

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And then there was (more) light: Researchers boost performance quality of perovskites

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Organic Mega Flow Battery transcends lifetime, voltage thresholds

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Elastic slingshot powers snipefish feeding

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Variations of a single gene drive diverse pigeon feather patterns

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Fruit fly mating driven by a tweak in specific brain circuit

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How looking at the big picture can lead to better decisions

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Bioengineers create pathway to personalized medicine

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Scientists create nano-size packets of genetic code aimed at brain cancer 'seed' cells

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STEM Education Advisory Panel announced

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Deep in the fly brain, a clue to how evolution changes minds

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Research update: Cellular 'garbage disposal' has another job

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Oxygen levels on early Earth rose, fell several times before great oxidation event

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Stormwater ponds not a major source of greenhouse gas emissions

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Artificial neural network recognizes 'molecular handwriting'

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Researchers find, and possibly fix, toxicity in nanomaterials

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Researchers find connection between genes, response to environmental chemicals

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Climate change linked to potential population decline in bees

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New nerve gas detector built with Legos and a smartphone

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Crowding inside cells may influence many functions and major diseases

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