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Scientific American

61 Unexpected PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging [719d]
Wegovy Is First Weight-Loss Drug Approved for Heart Diseases [720d]
High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down [720d]
‘Interstellar’ Meteor Signal May Have Been a Truck [720d]
When Real Life Is Hostile, LGBTQ+ Gamers Find Friendship Online [720d]
Orion’s Twin Rogue Planets Inexplicably Blaze with Intense Radio Waves [720d]
Pollinators Flock to Flower-Filled Solar Panel Fields [720d]
Hummingbirds Control Their Flight with a Newfound Mechanism [720d]
How to Make Alien Ice [720d]
Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular Photo [720d]
Cannibal Cells Inspire Cancer Treatment Improvement [720d]
New Insights from AI, Strange Metals and Parents of LGBTQ Kids [720d]
Evidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death Penalty [720d]
Collaborating in Person May Spark More Innovative Research [720d]
Simple Resistance Exercises Improve Overall Health and Reduce Death Risks [720d]
Readers Respond to the December 2023 Issue [720d]
Partial Heart Transplants Grow with Their Young Recipients [720d]
The Dangers of Fast Science [720d]
Contributors to Scientific American’s April 2024 Issue [720d]
How to Grieve Our Changing Planet [720d]
What the Quest to Build a Truly Intelligent Machine Is Teaching Us [720d]
How the Strange Relationship between Chickens and Humans Shaped Our World [720d]
See Every Bit of Outer Space We’ve Brought Back to Earth [720d]
Poem: ‘SnapShot, 1968’ [720d]
The God Chatbots Changing Religious Inquiry [720d]
Quantum Weirdness in New Strange Metals Bends the Rules of Physics [720d]
April 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago [720d]
Families Find Ways to Protect Their LGBTQ Kids from Serious Harm—Physical and Mental—after a Flood of Discriminatory Laws [720d]
Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Scroll and Changed Papyrology Forever [720d]
Can Forests Protect Themselves? [720d]

Quanta Magazine

Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting [720d]

New Scientist

CRISPR could disable and cure HIV, suggests promising lab experiment [719d]
Common antibiotics can regenerate heart cells in animals [720d]
DeepMind and Liverpool FC develop AI to advise on football tactics [720d]
Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be coming back to life [720d]
Gene variants may protect against brain disease linked to cannibalism [720d]
Genetics may protect against disease linked to eating human brains [720d]
'Red alert' after key global warming records were smashed in 2023 [720d]
'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packaging on a wide scale [720d]

ScienceDaily

Toxic metal particles can be present in cannabis vapes even before the first use, study finds [720d]
Is food waste the key to sustainable, plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads? [720d]
Bendable energy storage materials by cool science [720d]
There are large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch [720d]
A protein found in human sweat may protect against Lyme disease [720d]
Fairy circles: Plant water stress causes Namibia's gaps in grass [720d]
Biomarkers of the middle-aged brain predict cognitive health in old age [720d]

Phys

New archive of ancient human brains challenges misconceptions of soft tissue preservation [719d]
Study reveals 'cozy domesticity' of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England's ancient marshland [719d]
Cape lions were genetically diverse prior to extinction, researchers find [720d]
High pornography exposure among young Australians helps fuel violence against women, say researchers [720d]
Study finds large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch [720d]
Fairy circles: Plant water stress causes Namibia's gaps in grass [720d]
Study shows benefits of chatgroups to human health can be replicated in plant health [720d]
Ammonia induction strategy for preparation of transition metal oxides / zeolite H₂S adsorbent [720d]
Information resilience can help people cope with the uncertainty created by crises [720d]
Nigerian bakeries need support to shift to clean energy, researchers say [720d]
Combating counterfeiting: Advanced hologram protection invented [720d]
Researchers investigate how freshwater diatoms stay in the light [720d]
NASA study: Asteroid's orbit, shape changed after DART impact [720d]
Pushing the limit of the periodic table with superheavy elements [720d]
Monitoring and measuring biodiversity requires more than just numbers: Scientists advocate for change [720d]
Research unveils findings in storm microphysics parameterization [720d]
Research contextualizes ownership competence in private firms [720d]
Study suggests major chemical corporations hide most polluting activities in subsidiaries [720d]
Research team establishes synthetic dimension dynamics to manipulate light [720d]
Research seeks to develop mRNA lipid nanoparticles for next-generation oral cancer tumor suppressor therapy [720d]
Nanoparticles target multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein [720d]
Regulating atomic Fe-Rh site distance for efficient oxygen reduction reaction [720d]
Counteracting effects on ENSO due to ocean chlorophyll interannual variability and instability in the tropical Pacific [720d]
Carbon-based supports for electrocatalysis under industrially relevant conditions [720d]
Uncovering the dominant contribution of intermediate volatility compounds to biomass-burning organic aerosols [720d]
Enhancing field phenotyping: A novel glare correction technique using polarized light [720d]
Advancing soybean yield through high-throughput UAV phenotyping and dynamic modeling [720d]
Happiness poll: Democrats and Biden voters report more happiness than GOP and Trump supporters [720d]
Greenhouse gas emissions in Global South countries are linked with International Monetary Fund lending policies [720d]
The secret to building a large follower base on social media: Harness the power of nearby influencers [720d]
Largest fish in Missouri's records caught in Lake of the Ozarks: A 164-pound 'dinosaur' [720d]
Study reveals how China's local bureaucrats struggle for power through negative media coverage [720d]
Researchers use an edible blue-green algae to protect honey bees against viruses [720d]
Astrophysicist's research could provide a hint in the search for dark matter [720d]
Planet 'on the brink', with new heat records likely in 2024: UN [720d]
Astrophysicist explains science behind once-in-a-lifetime nova outburst that will light up the sky this year [720d]
Sandy soil reptiles are more threatened by climate change than has been supposed, study shows [720d]
Researchers uncover culprits behind pitting corrosion in 3D-printed stainless steel [720d]
The heat index—how hot it feels—is rising faster than temperature: Study [720d]
European plastics industry 'in trouble' as market share falls [720d]
Baby giraffe dies of a broken neck at Zoo Miami [720d]
New baseline food and agricultural outlook report [720d]
Oil firms want to drill in four of the UK's areas of outstanding natural beauty [720d]
NASA's Swift temporarily suspends science operations [720d]
Sexual harassment goes unchecked in many sub-Saharan African newsrooms, finds study [720d]
Operations begin to de-ice Euclid's vision [720d]
Planetary geophysics: What is it? What can it teach us about finding life beyond Earth? [720d]
Q&A: Celebrity owl Flaco's recent death in NYC highlights how bird strikes with buildings are strikingly common [720d]
NASA delivers science instrument to JAXA's Martian Moons mission [720d]
Olfactory marketing: How strategic use of scents influences customers' shopping experiences [720d]
AI-powered system maps corals in 3D in record time [720d]
Crocodile genetics study to inform population management [720d]
Increased risk of major bark beetle outbreaks in Norway [720d]
Sea surface temperature research provides clear evidence of human-caused climate change [720d]
Webb finds hints of a third planet at PDS 70 [720d]
New technique measures psilocybin potency of mushrooms [720d]
FDA approves first drug to treat yeast ear infections in dogs [720d]
Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites, and they're already on the hunt [720d]
Searching for data in DNA with CRISPR [720d]
Cellulose fibers are emerging as a sustainable option for wrapping everything from foods to electronics [720d]
Climate change is speeding up in Antarctica [720d]
How ghost streams and redlining's legacy lead to unfairness in flood risk in Detroit and elsewhere [720d]

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