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Mega El Niños triggered the world’s worst mass extinction
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A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping
Scientific clockmakers have crafted a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to perform
Can solar farms and crop farms coexist?
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Even as vaccines for mpox reach Africa, questions remain about the virus
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How a dying star is similar to a lava lamp
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Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought
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Some bacteria in your mouth can divide into as many as 14 cells at once
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A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations
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Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century
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