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11-22-2025
Rainforest leaves may handle heat better than we predicted
Rainforests change fast. Heat rises, light shifts, and leaves fight...
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11-22-2025
Shockingly small amounts of plastic are deadly for animals
Less than three sugar cubes worth of plastic can be...
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11-21-2025
Stalagmites in caves conceal a formula that nature has hidden for millions of years
Cave pillars that can rise hundreds of feet turn out...
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11-21-2025
Cheaper cars pollute way more than expensive ones
Scientists have found that cheaper passenger cars often release more...
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11-21-2025
Four key Earth systems are failing, and experts fear a global domino effect
Four Earth systems that keep our planet stable are failing,...
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11-21-2025
Largest lost city in North America was bigger than London
Cahokia rose near today’s St. Louis and stretched across about...
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11-21-2025
An 8-year-old boy's backyard discovery literally changed science forever
Walk through an oak stand in late summer or fall,...
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11-21-2025
Scientists learn how gold nuggets are created in a matter of seconds
Crack open a chunk of white quartz from a gold...
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11-21-2025
Melting polar ice is unleashing powerful new ocean currents
Polar ocean currents are entering a new phase of motion....
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11-20-2025
Arctic graveyard packed with fossils reveals thriving marine ecosystem 250 million years ago
In 2015, a team of scientists began digging through frozen...
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11-20-2025
Greenland cave discovery reveals the Arctic temperature millions of years ago
Cave minerals from far northern Greenland show that the High...
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11-20-2025
Scorpion-shaped mound may have been an ancient solar observatory
Archaeologists report that a 205-foot scorpion-shaped earthwork in Mexico appears...
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