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Scientists Store Video Clip in DNA of Living Cells
This first could lead to health-monitoring molecular recorders inside cells
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How Fire Ants Build Incredible Writhing Towers
Using X-rays, researchers find simple rules help the ants raise each other up, which could be useful in robotics
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Astronomers Find the Smallest Star Yet
The faint orb is just a smidgen bigger than Saturn and around 2,000 to 3,000 times dimmer than our own sun
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Why The First Complete Map of the Ocean Floor Is Stirring Controversial Waters
Charting these watery depths could transform oceanography. It could also aid deep sea miners looking for profit
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How Fear of Humans Can Ripple Through Food Webs and Reshape Landscapes
Predators like pumas cower in our presence. And these big cats aren’t the only ones
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Why Do We See More Species in Tropical Forests? The Mystery May Finally Be Solved
Surveying 2.4 million trees showed that predators may help keep the trees at sustainable levels
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Deep-Water Corals Glow for Their Lives
New research sheds light on the secrets of fluorescent coral reefs
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Mars Surface May Be Too Toxic for Microbial Life
The combination of UV radiation and perchlorates common on Mars could be deadly for bacteria
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Humans May Have Bred With Neanderthals Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
DNA from a Neanderthal femur is offering new clues to ancient interactions
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Why Ancient Roman Concrete Is So Strong
A rare chemical reaction strengthens it even today—and that could help threatened coastal communities
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AI Project Produces New Styles of Art
Researchers let two neural networks critique each other to create the images
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Aztec “Skull Tower” Contains Remains of Women and Children
The tzompantli were once believed to only contain the skulls of conquered male warriors
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This Beautiful Species Could Be Trouble for Native Birds
Analysis shows that the parasitic pin-tailed whydah could impact native birds in the Caribbean, Hawaii and the southern U.S.
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How Fake News Breaks Your Brain
Short attention spans and a deluge of rapid-fire articles on social media form a recipe for fake news epidemics
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Neanderthals May Have Used Toothpicks to Treat Aching Teeth
A Neanderthal living in what is now Croatia and wore grooves in his or her teeth trying to soothe the pain
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Two Thirds of Southern Resident Orca Pregnancies Fail
But now scientists think they know why
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Harry Potter Sparks Illegal Owl Trade in Indonesia
Hedwig made quite the impression—but her popularity is hurting real-life birds
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Unprecedented Carved Skulls Discovered at a Stone Age Temple in Turkey
Three carved skull fragments from Gobekli Tepe offer tantalizing hints about the lives of Neolithic people
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Global Fishing Fleets Waste Ten Percent of Catch
Every year, fisheries waste ten million tons of fish—enough to fill 4,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools
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Drinking From Ancient Water Bottles Didn’t Hurt Indigenous People—Making Them Did
Researchers replicated a bottle-making process used by indigenous groups of the California Channel Islands to test toxic chemicals
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