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Scientific American

Cholera Plagues Sudan amidst Civil War, and Climate Change Is Making It Worse [4d]
Human Embryo Implantation Revealed in First-Ever 3D Images [5d]
The Scientific Debate over Colossal’s ‘De-extinct’ Dire Wolves [5d]
How Social Media Algorithms Are Changing the Way People Talk [5d]
Scientific American Is Older Than the Discovery of Neptune [5d]
What Is Experimental Archaeology? Sam Kean Explores Ancient Tools, Surgeries and Feasts in Dinner with King Tut [5d]

Quanta Magazine

New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder [5d]

New Scientist

It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster [5d]
Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved [5d]
Oldest fast radio burst ever seen sheds light on early star formation [5d]
We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed [5d]
Brain activity can predict whether strangers will become friends [5d]
Cancer-killing virus becomes more effective when shielded by bacteria [5d]

ScienceDaily

A $2 gold nanotech test that detects deadly diseases in minutes [4d]
Scientists may have found the tiny DNA switch that made us human [5d]
Strange spotted rock on Mars could reveal signs of ancient life [5d]
How scientists made quantum dots smarter and cheaper [5d]
Clearest Mars images yet reveal mystery rock and ancient terrain in stunning detail [5d]
The surprising ant strategy that could transform robotics [5d]
Predator fly unleashes chaotic ant wars that could save coffee [5d]
Hubble spots a nearly invisible galaxy hiding in plain sight [5d]

Phys

Study finds viruses rely on diverse RNA traits to pack their genomes with precision [5d]
A new crystal that 'breathes' oxygen expands possibilities for clean energy and electronics [5d]
Physicists solve 90-year-old puzzle of quantum damped harmonic oscillators [5d]
The benefits of traditional Himalayan agriculture—a nearly forgotten variety of black peas outperforms cash crops [5d]
Human embryo implantation recorded in real time for the first time [5d]
Stone tools unearthed in Kenya reveal ancient human relatives regularly moved raw materials several miles [5d]
70 years of data reveal adaptation measures slash European flood losses and fatalities [5d]
Analysis calls for community-led approaches in social science research [5d]
Reconstruction of record-breaking Myanmar earthquake confirms supershear event [5d]
Unified theory may reveal more superconducting materials [5d]
Chemical tag CRISPR technique could transform genetic disease treatment [5d]
Team evaluates reliability of author identity concealment for peer-review process [5d]
History of Baltic Sea's Gotska Sandön includes both trade and piracy [5d]
Why has trust in news fallen? The answer is more complicated than we thought [5d]
New co-assembly strategy unlocks robust circularly polarized luminescence across the color spectrum [5d]
Unlocking the drivers of voluntary single-use plastic reduction [5d]
Orbital Hall effect shows how defects can improve spintronic devices [5d]
Using lasers to bring crystal vibrations to their quantum ground state [5d]
Dark star clusters or extreme dwarf galaxies? Astrophysicists revisit Ursa Major III's true nature [5d]
Deer hunter discovers rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin [5d]
Moving up in the world: Rare catfish species filmed climbing waterfalls [5d]
Apatite: The mineral with bite and insight [5d]
Asgard archaea shed light on modern cytoskeleton development [5d]
Space mice babies: Stem cells cryopreserved in space produce healthy offspring [5d]
Exceeding functional biosphere integrity limits: Study finds 60% of the world's land area is in a precarious state [5d]
How human protein ACE2 modulation could stop the entry of coronavirus [5d]
Flowers redesigned for robots: Gene editing and AI promise faster crop breeding [5d]
'Plant-mycorrhiza synergy' can revitalize forest restoration [5d]
66th Supplement to the Check-list of North American birds released [5d]
Graphite's pore size distribution offers new clues to predicting nuclear reactor material failure [5d]
Building and breaking plastics with light: Chemists rethink plastic recycling [5d]
Precision nanobody acts as 'drone strike' against lung cancer cells, minimizing side effects [5d]
New research shows WWII dominates Australians' knowledge of military history. But big gaps remain [5d]
Australia, why are you still obsessed with freeways—when they're driving us away from net zero? [5d]
A new study shows that fear of deportation changes with age [5d]
People with more life experience see and digest everyday 'events' more clearly, research finds [5d]
Sensor data sheds light on powerful lightning within clouds [5d]
Study explains mystery of former crater lakes in the highest mountain range of the Sahara [5d]
Plastic from plants: Cell walls yield a versatile polymer [5d]
Sweden's most powerful laser delivers record-short light pulses [5d]
Canadian crops beat global emissions—even after 17 trips across the Atlantic [5d]
Fossil find in Syria: Unknown sea turtle discovered [5d]
Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever new trick [5d]
Complex deep learning models are no better at understanding genetic perturbation than simple baseline ones, study finds [5d]
Using Grover's algorithm to efficiently prepare collective quantum states in optical cavities [5d]
Breaking the habit: Study says shifting minds may be key to shifting behaviors [5d]
Antarctica's changing landscape underscores the need for coordinated action, says report [5d]
AI model predicts better nanoparticles for efficient RNA vaccine delivery [5d]
With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear [5d]
Keeping cool with colors—Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat [5d]
Ivory Coast village reburies relatives as rising sea engulfs cemetery [5d]
World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal [5d]
Florida wildlife officials consider reopening bay nationally known for its oysters [5d]
Graphene capacitors achieve rapid, high-depth modulation of terahertz waves [5d]

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