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American Trees are Shifting West
For 86 common species, northwest seems to be best. But why?
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New Zealand’s Yellow-Eyed Penguins May Be in Trouble
A new study estimates that the beloved birds could disappear locally within 25 years
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Wild Orangutans Can Breastfeed for Over Eight Years
The primates take a while to wean their young
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Beads Made From Meteorite Reveal Ancient Trade Network
Researchers have confirmed iron beads in Illinois come from a Minnesota meteorite, supporting a theory called the Hopewell Interaction Sphere
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Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
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T. Rex Ants Found Alive for the First Time
It is not nearly as formidable as its namesake
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Mice With 3D-Printed Ovaries Successfully Give Birth
The gelatin-scaffold ovary could one day help restore endocrine function in young cancer patients and treat infertility
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Glue Made of Mussel Slime Could Prevent Scarring
The glue, infused with a version of the protein decorin, healed wounds in rats, giving them skin with hair follicles and oil glands instead of scar tissue
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This Remote Island Is Covered with 37 Million Pieces of Your Trash
Immaculate no more, the island now looks more like a dump than a pristine paradise
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Dust May Help, Not Harm, Air Pollution in China
When it comes to some of Earth’s smoggiest cities, less dust isn’t necessarily better
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Distraction May Make Us Less Able to Appreciate Beauty
Truly experiencing the beauty of an object could require conscious thought, vindicating the ideas of Immanuel Kant
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The 400-Year-Old Mystery of These Bullet-Shattering Glass Drops May Finally Be Solved
The tadpole-shaped glass structures can survive a hammer blow but explode if their tail is squeezed
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Did Peckish Christians Make Chickens More Social?
Religious dietary laws in the Middle Ages could have helped make the fowl less aggressive
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Latest Fast Radio Burst From Space Adds to Their Mystery
Researchers trained 11 telescopes on a recent burst’s aftermath, but could find no traces of what caused the high energy signal
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Is Australia’s Dingo-Proof Fence Changing the Ecosystem of the Outback?
A new study says yes, but it’s complicated
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This 36-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is a “Missing Link” in Whale Evolution
Discovered in Peru, the new fossil has tiny remnants of hind limbs
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Fossils From Ancient Hot Springs Suggest Life May Have Evolved on Land
These 3.5-billion-year-old rocks could vindicate Darwin’s claim that life evolved in “some warm little pond,” and not in the ocean
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People Don’t Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved
But sometimes, they should
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Ancient Creature Left a 28-Foot Drag Mark After It Died
An ammonite found in a German quarry left its mark on its lagoon home
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Infant Dinosaur Found Still Encased in Its Egg Identified as New Species
Research suggests that the embryo belongs to the cassowary-like oviraptorosaurs
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