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Subverting Climate Science in the Classroom
In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged…
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How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children
After the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, in a haze of horror and…
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How AI Facial Recognition is Helping Conserve Pumas
INTRO: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Ashleigh Papp. Papp: Mountain lions are now posing for their close ups.…
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Fusion power may run out of fuel before it even gets started
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6600.Download PDF In 2020, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories delivered five…
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Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
Less than a decade from now, a spacecraft from Mars may swing by Earth to drop off precious cargo: samples…
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3D rabbit ‘hologram’ created by levitating screen using sound waves
Sound waves can be used to keep an object hovering in the air, and a new technique works even in…
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Pesticides Are Spreading Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Scientists Warn
Scientists have been raising growing concerns for decades over the use of toxic “forever chemicals,” so called because their strong…
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When cats chew catnip it releases mosquito-repelling chemicals
When cats lick and chew catnip or silver vine plants, higher levels of insect-repelling iridoid chemicals are released Life 14…
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We Must End Ageism in Cancer Clinical Trials
Cancer afflicts more older people than those in any other age group. In fact, over half of cancers diagnosed in…
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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction
Some smokers lose their cravings after experiencing damage to specific areas of the brain, suggesting these areas form a network…
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