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Scientific American

The Life and Gruesome Death of a Bog Man Revealed after 5,000 Years [692d]
Stunning Comet Could Photobomb This April's Total Solar Eclipse [692d]
The Industrial Designer behind the N95 Mask [692d]
An Evolutionary 'Big Bang' Explains Why Snakes Come in So Many Strange Varieties [692d]
Asexuality Research Has Reached New Heights. What Are We Learning? [692d]
Russia's War on Ukraine Chills Arctic Climate Science [692d]
JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water [692d]
Flimsy Antiabortion Studies Cited in Case to Ban Mifepristone Are Retracted [692d]
This Treasured Fossil Turns Out to Be a Forgery [692d]
First Commercial Moon Landing Returns U.S. to Lunar Surface [693d]
JWST Solves Decades-Old Mystery of Nearby Supernova [693d]
Why Do We Have a Leap Year Anyway? [693d]

Quanta Magazine

Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information [693d]

New Scientist

Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight global warming [692d]
Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean capture more carbon [692d]
Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale [692d]
Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and Uranus [692d]
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climate concerns [692d]
Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as steel [693d]
A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg [693d]
Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin' [693d]
Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good [693d]
‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’ [693d]
Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes [693d]
Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation? [693d]
First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs [693d]
LGBTQ people seen as needing more protection online than Christians [693d]

ScienceDaily

School focus on grades, test scores linked to violence against teachers [693d]
Genetic signature may predict response to immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer [693d]
Common plant could help reduce food insecurity [693d]
Barriers against Antarctic ice melt disappearing at the double [693d]
Biomolecular condensates -- regulatory hubs for plant iron supply [693d]
Using mussels and silkworm cocoons to stop organ bleeding [693d]
Ribosomes: Molecular wedge assists recycling [693d]
Altering the circadian clock adapts barley to short growing seasons [693d]
UBC Okanagan researchers look to the past to improve construction sustainability [693d]
Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heatwaves [693d]
Lab-spun sponges form perfect scaffolds for growing skin cells to heal wounds [693d]
Hearing relaxing words in your sleep slows your heart down [693d]
Neurobiology: How bats distinguish different sounds [693d]
Streams connected to groundwater show improved detoxification and microbial diversity [693d]
Mixed-dimensional transistors enable high-performance multifunctional electronic devices [693d]

Phys

Marketing experts measure brain waves and skin current to predict emotions [693d]
Support for increasing low-wage workers' compensation: The role of fixed-growth mindsets [693d]
New technique for sorting micro-particles uses sound waves [693d]
Global warming found to increase the diversity of active soil bacteria [693d]
Study shows cloud clustering causes more extreme rain [693d]
Scientists closer to finding quantum gravity theory after measuring gravity on microscopic level [693d]
Mindfulness at work protects against stress and burnout, study finds [693d]
Solving Singapore's urban heat island effect [693d]
New species of fungi potentially harmful to humans identified in freshwater ecosystems [693d]
Study analyzes how lies affect economic decisions [693d]
Researchers develop a computer from an array of VCSELs with optical feedback [693d]
Artifact could be linked to Spanish explorer Coronado's expedition across Texas Panhandle [693d]
Protecting the peppers: Unlocking the potential of the sterile insect technique [693d]
School focus on grades and test scores linked to violence against teachers [693d]
How do people allocate risks between themselves and others? [693d]
Lander 'alive and well' after company scores first US moon landing since Apollo era [693d]
Mapping out a novel way to assess the effectiveness of development aid [693d]
Researchers design novel microfluidic module for controlling the porosity of manufactured materials [693d]
Wetlands, parks and botanical gardens the best ways to cool cities during heat waves, finds study [693d]
Online brand advocacy and Gen Z consumer behavior [693d]
Research into marine plastic pollution reveals bacterial enzymes actively degrading plastic [693d]
How to build your own robot friend: Making AI education more accessible [693d]
First reports of severe coral bleaching this summer as the Great Barrier Reef warms up [693d]
Generative AI can accelerate study time, research shows [693d]
Assessing soil carbon stocks accurately [693d]

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