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Scientific American

Simultaneous Megafires Will Increasingly Plague the Western U.S. [882d]
New Pill Helps COVID Smell and Taste Loss Fade Quickly [882d]
Milestone Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant May Pave the Way for Broader Trial [882d]
'Virtual' Power Plants Give the Grid Vital Flexibility [882d]
Protecting Plants and Animals at Risk Must Start before They Need the Endangered Species Act [882d]
How Would We Know There's Life on Earth? This Bold Experiment Found Out [882d]
Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows [882d]
How to Handle This New COVID Season [882d]
New DNA Tests Are Identifying Missing Persons and Solving Crimes [882d]

Quanta Magazine

These Cells Spark Electricity in the Brain. They’re Not Neurons. [882d]

New Scientist

Why free will doesn't exist, according to Robert Sapolsky [882d]
Strange upward lightning shoots out X-rays as it rises to the clouds [882d]
How mental effort can build a cognitive reserve against brain ageing [882d]
Her Space, Her Time review: Trailblazing women astronomers [882d]
Let's use AI to rethink education, instead of panicking about cheating [882d]
Why I won't be buying sea-farmed salmon ever again [882d]
Intricate photo of rat's retina wins Nikon Small World competition [882d]
Blood in the Machine review: Going back to the Luddites [882d]
Cocoon review: One of the biggest gaming treats of the year [882d]
How to spot the constellation Aquila and its deep-sky objects [882d]
Is England doing enough to stop covid-19 spreading in hospitals? [882d]
Energy-guzzling data centres could work just as well with less cooling [882d]
Bird flu now sweeping the world evolved in Europe and Africa [882d]
Tiniest particle accelerator is so small it could fit into a pen tip [882d]
Edible and delicious Chinese mitten crabs are invading the UK [882d]
How to see the Orionid meteor shower peak this weekend [882d]
We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's [882d]
Working with robots can make humans put in less effort [882d]

ScienceDaily

Wearable device makes memories and powers up with the flex of a finger [882d]
Racing to defuse a 'ticking' public health time bomb [882d]
California supervolcano is cooling off but may still cause quakes [882d]
Preventing catastrophes with next-generation sensors [882d]
Yeast speeds discovery of medicinal compounds in plants [882d]
Biodegradable plastics still damaging to fish [882d]
Promising new options for treating aggressive prostate cancer [882d]
Going rogue: Scientists apply giant wave mechanics on a nanometric scale [882d]
Drought conditions expose rivers to hotter water temperatures [882d]
Researchers uncover mechanism that links NAD+ to fertility problems [882d]
Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of Earth [882d]
Study elucidates evolution of mosquitoes and their hosts [882d]
Converting brain immune cells into neurons helps mice recover after stroke [882d]
Protecting polar bears: New and improved radar technology [882d]
Robotic prosthetic ankles improve 'natural' movement, stability [882d]
New study suggests promising approach for treating pancreatic cancer [882d]
The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes [882d]
Choosing exoskeleton settings like a radio station [882d]

Phys

What killed Lolita? Necropsy findings released for the Seaquarium's beloved orca [882d]
Glacial rock flour creates new opportunities for Greenlandic agriculture [882d]
A new method will allow people to learn programming by playing [882d]
Emotional expression is about fostering connections, not asserting individuality [882d]
For relationship maintenance, accurate perception of partner's behavior could be key [882d]
Drought conditions expose rivers to hotter water temperatures [882d]
Invasive plant species threaten 66% of India's natural areas [882d]
Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse asylum claimants, UK study warns [882d]
Researchers: There is a need for more accurate accounting of nitrous oxide from agricultural crop residues [882d]
International ocean satellite monitors how El Niño is shaping up [882d]
Scientists develop novel nanoparticles that could serve as contrast agents [882d]
Exceptional-point-enhanced sensitivity: A new paradigm for high-sensitivity fiber sensors [882d]
Going rogue: Scientists apply giant wave mechanics on a nanometric scale [882d]
New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies [882d]
Insect researcher: Non-destructive methods are needed [882d]
Exploring the limits of marine burrow cohabitation [882d]
New report shows the impact of long-term sentencing in California's women's prisons [882d]
Building economic resilience in the face of crises and climate [882d]
3D isotropic microfabrication in glass using spatiotemporal focusing of femtosecond laser pulses [882d]
New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: Genome at the chromosome level decoded [882d]
High-quality diamonds empower narrowband deep ultraviolet photodetection [882d]
California supervolcano is cooling off but may still cause quakes [882d]
Nondestructive measurement realized in ytterbium qubits, aiding scalable neutral atom quantum computing [882d]
Protecting polar bears is the aim of new and improved radar technology [882d]
Gaza conflict: How children's lives are affected on every level [882d]
What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in workplace culture [882d]
Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin, according to new research [882d]
The encounter between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens as told by their genomes [882d]
Sexual harassment victims in Nigerian universities are being blamed—cyberspace study [882d]
From the skies to your roof, what does a raindrop pick up along the way? [882d]
Vectorial spin-orbital Hall effect of light upon tight focusing and experimental observation in azopolymer films [882d]
Surprise delivery: Three endangered sawfish born at SeaWorld Orlando [882d]
Explaining the geological history of Indonesia using beetle evolution [882d]
Comet Encke and the Halloween Fireballs of 2023 [882d]
Sea change: New blueprint for Southern Ocean survival [882d]
A new view of all objects in the universe [882d]
Enhancing the safety and efficacy of drone flights in polar regions [882d]
Scientists develop thin film phototransistor for bioinspired visual adaptation [882d]
Scientists discover how low phosphorus regulates rice architecture and nutrient uptake [882d]
Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of Earth [882d]
Yeast speeds discovery of medicinal compounds in plants [882d]
Study of modern salamanders provides clues to the feeding behavior of early terrestrial vertebrates [882d]
Study elucidates evolution of mosquitoes and their hosts [882d]
Researchers discover one of the world's darkest rivers [882d]
The impact of man-made noise on magpie behavior [882d]
Sports coaches make these seven kinds of decisions [882d]
Traditional shopping center experience transformed by COVID-19 [882d]
How animal traits have shaped the journey of species across the globe [882d]
Widely tunable and high resolution mid-infrared laser based on optical parametric oscillator [882d]
A physics milestone: Miniature particle accelerator works [882d]
Researchers use measurements to generate quantum entanglement and teleportation [882d]
Humor isn't a deal-breaker when finding 'the one,' says study [882d]
How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon [882d]
Test of police implicit bias training shows modest improvements [882d]
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission: A 3.6 billion kilometer 'journey to the center of the Earth' [882d]
Make new friends and become a role model: Why you should consider volunteering if you're in your 20s or 30s [882d]
Only 1% of chemical compounds have been discovered—here's how we search for others that could change the world [882d]
Researchers: Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won't work—changing basic human behaviors must come first [882d]
Drought in the Amazon: Understanding the causes and the need for an immediate action plan to save the biome [882d]
Have we reached the end of nature? Our relationship with the environment is in crisis [882d]
Climate research: How the Greenland ice sheet can still be saved [882d]

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