SCIENCE
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What Causes Earthquakes in the Northeast like the Magnitude 4.8 One in New Jersey?
How Common Are Northeast Earthquakes? Earthquakes in the Northeast are usually too small to feel, but larger temblors like the…
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A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide?
A Rare Greenhouse Gas Comes from—Termite Pesticide? As much as 85 percent of U.S. emissions of sulfuryl fluoride—a rare greenhouse…
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Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds
Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds Nerve cells form long-term memories with…
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Song Lyrics Really Are Getting Simpler and More Repetitive, Study Finds
Song Lyrics Really Are Getting Simpler and More Repetitive, Study Finds An assessment of hundreds of thousands of songs confirms…
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Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First
Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their Mate Go First Like humans, these small Japanese birds communicate abstract concepts…
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Why Measles Outbreaks in the U.S. Are Happening, and How Vaccination Keeps Us Safe
Pediatric infectious disease doctor Paul Offit isn’t vaccinated against measles. Like many of his peers, he caught the virus as…
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High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down
High-Profile Geoengineering Experiment Shuts Down A beleaguered solar geoengineering project failed to conduct field tests because of opposition from environmentalists…
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Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why
Most Astronauts Get ‘Space Headaches.’ Scientists Want to Know Why Headaches are a common and recurring problem in space, even…
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Moving Trees North Could Save Forests from a Changing Climate
On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light, beneath a red pine…
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Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death
Microplastics Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death People who had tiny plastic particles lodged in a key blood vessel…
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