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What Will Ice-Free Arctic Summers Bring?
On Sunday, September 16, the sun did not rise above the horizon in the Arctic. Nevertheless enough of the...
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Events in Stratosphere Can Affect Earth’s Entire Climate
Events high in the upper atmosphere can cause massive shifts in the behavior even of deep ocean currents, according...
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Squeeze Light ‘Till It Hurts’ on a Quantum Scale
An international team of physicists has pushed the boundaries on ultra-precise measurement by harnessing quantum light waves in a...
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Human Brain Gene Map Shows Striking Similarities
Human brains follow the same basic molecular pattern despite different individual personalities, a 3D map of where our genes...
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Fossil Forest May Sprout Again as the Arctic Warms
A fossilized forest that flourished more than 2.5 million years ago could return to life thanks to a warming...
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How Organisms Evolve New Functions
A team of researchers at Michigan State University has documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions....
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Fear Can Be Erased From the Brain
Scientists are one step closer to understanding how to erase painful fear memories by successfully erasing them in a...
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Scientists Solve Mystery Behind Flight of the Bumblebee
Bumblebees will buzz around flowers throughout the day in a seemingly random manner. But a recent study, published in...
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How the Tabby Got Its Stripes: It’s in the Genes
How does a tabby cat earn its stripes? With the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that...
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Quasars: Mileposts Marking the Universe’s Expansion
Scientists can’t travel deep space the way Columbus sailed and charted the New World or Lewis and Clark mapped...