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How nonfungible tokens work and where they get their value – a cryptocurrency...
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Genomic surveillance: What it is and why we need more of it to track...
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Chocolate's secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste...
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How did humans evolve, and will they evolve more?
This skull, found in France, was among the first fossils to be recognized as belonging to our own species.DEA /G. Cigolini via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
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How did humans evolve, and will we evolve more?
This skull, found in France, was among the first fossils to be recognized as belonging to our own species.DEA /G. Cigolini via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have...
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An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs...
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The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny...
Leeuwenhoek refined the magnifying glass, creating the world's first microscope.Tetra Images via Getty ImagesImagine trying to cope with a pandemic like COVID-19 in a world where microscopic life was...
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Scientists need to become better communicators, but it's hard to measure...
How can more scientists learn to communicate like Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases?Anna Moneymaker / POOL / AFP via Getty ImagesScience is...
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Embrace the unexpected: To teach AI how to handle new situations, change the...
Most of today's AI's come to a grinding halt when they encounter unexpected conditions, like a change in the rules of a game.LightFieldStudios/iStock via Getty ImagesMy colleagues and I changed a...
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Here's how to help your kids break out of their pandemic bubble and...
Whether just comfortable at home or nervous about leaving, kids may need extra support to get back out there.Imgorthand/E+ via Getty ImagesPilar’s parents took all the recommended precautions to shield...
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Planning the best route with multiple destinations is hard even for...
Finding the best tour from A through B, C and D and back to A might not be that hard, but adding a few more destinations could give you a headache.wundervisuals/E+ via Getty ImagesComputers are good at...
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What is mRNA? The messenger molecule that's been in every living cell for...
MRNA is an important messenger, carrying the instructions for life from DNA to the rest of the cell.ktsimage/iStock via Getty Images PlusOne surprising star of the coronavirus pandemic response has...
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Proof of new physics from the muon's magnetic moment? Maybe not, according to...
Two new papers shed light on a longstanding mystery in particle physics.Zmeel/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen the results of an experiment don’t match predictions made by the best theory of the day, something...
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Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch that controls...
The colors in this microscope photo of a fruit fly brain show different types of neurons and the cells that surround them in the brain.Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, CC BY-NDThe Research Brief is a short...
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COVID-19 public health messages have been all over the place – but...
Public service announcements, news articles and social media posts are all part of the coronavirus messaging landscape.Noam Galai via Getty ImagesPersuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine remains a...
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Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes and use big...
A complete human genome, seen here in pairs of chromosomes, offers a wealth of information, but it is hard connect genetics to traits or disease.HYanWong/Wikimedia ComonsThe first draft of the human...
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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, more aspen and birch are...
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Alaska.Michael Risinger/U.S. Army National Guard, CC BYFire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of...
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How many _Tyrannosaurus rex_ walked the Earth?
_Tyrannosaurus rex_ spanned all of ancient North America, and about 20,000 lived at once.1Ado123/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big...
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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, more aspen are coming in –...
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Alaska.Michael Risinger/U.S. Army National Guard, CC BYFire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of...
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As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a...
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire in Alaska.Michael Risinger/U.S. Army National Guard, CC BYFire is a hot topic these days, particularly when it comes to the boreal forest, the vast expanse of...
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