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Dingo genome suggests Australian icon not descended from domestic dogs
A new analysis helps to unravel the mystery of the Australian dingo’s origins by showing that it is probably descended…
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How Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Land by 2030 Could Work
The U.S. covers a vast array of ecosystems, from Alaska’s Arctic tundra to Florida’s tropical swamps, with prairies, snow-capped peaks…
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AIs Spot Drones with Help from a Fly Eye
In December 2018 thousands of holiday travelers were stranded at London’s Gatwick Airport because of reports of drones flying nearby.…
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NASA should explore Uranus and Enceladus, say planetary scientists
A major report on priorities for the next decade of US planetary science calls for the first dedicated Uranus probe…
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Astronomers Gear Up to Grapple with the High-Tension Cosmos
How fast is the universe expanding? How much does matter clump up in our cosmic neighborhood? Different methods of answering…
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Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways
Power in nonhuman animals used to play out in such a tidy and simple way. Bigger, stronger animals beat up…
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Particle physics could be rewritten after shock W boson measurement
By Alex Wilkins The Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab, Illinois, pictured in 1992 GRANGER/Alamy A new measurement of a fundamental…
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Why is there a sunflower oil shortage and what can I use instead?
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has led to a fall in sunflower oil exports, but vegetable oil prices were already at…
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Covid-19 news: Omicron’s symptoms last three days less than delta’s
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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Ax-1, First Private Crewed Space Station Mission, Launches Successfully
A pioneering astronaut mission is on its way to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Ax-1, a…
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