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This Hot Summer Is One of the Coolest of the Rest of Our Lives
Extreme heat has been a constant in the news this past summer: In July a punishing heat wave in Europe…
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Most plant milks are lower in key micronutrients than cow’s milk
Cow’s milk is an important source of phosphorus, magnesium, zinc and selenium, but tests show these nutrients are lacking in…
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Making Computer Chips Act More like Brain Cells
The human brain is an amazing computing machine. Weighing only three pounds or so, it can process information a thousand…
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How the Inside of a Black Hole Is Secretly on the Outside
Theoretical physics has been in crisis mode ever since 1974, when Stephen Hawking argued that black holes destroy information. Hawking…
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Cheap New Method Breaks Down ‘Forever Chemicals’
Researchers have developed an approach to break down a class of long-lasting chemicals that they say is easier and cheaper than…
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Replacing Lead Water Pipes with Plastic Could Raise New Safety Issues
A landmark federal commitment to fund the elimination of a toxic national legacy—lead drinking water pipes—promises to improve the public…
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Monkeypox Update, And Homing in on Long Covid: COVID, Quickly, Episode 36
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to Covid Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
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A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat
The after-effects of nuclear war would be catastrophic for agriculture. Simulations show billions of people could starve depending on the…
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Bats show fewer signs of ageing while they are hibernating
Similarly to marmots, a brown bat species (Eptesicus fuscus) expresses reduced ageing biomarkers while hibernating Life 10 August 2022 By…
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What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?
The US senate just passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes the largest climate spending package in US…
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