Host Rachel Feltman, alongside leading science and tech journalists, dives into the rich world of sc
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Masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen
A graphite disk resting on carbon foam collects sunlight to heat water directly to steam with 85 per
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Pack rats given the right gut bacteria via a fecal transplant from other pack rats can then digest f
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In a German study, half of those with a university degree were myopic compared with less than a quar
A preliminary map of the bread wheat genome includes the locations of more than 75,000 genes. Cynthi
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