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Trees ‘remember’ times of water abundance and scarcity

How trees fare under drought depends heavily on their past experiences. In some cases, adversity breeds resilience:...

How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World

Whenever the keto diet is discussed, there’s going to be beef. But this time it’s different. A...

Aussie cockatoos use their beaks and claws to turn on water fountains

On a hot day, a few glugs from a park drinking fountain can be a major relief...

Muons’ magnetism matches theory, easing an enduring physics conundrum

Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She...

U.S. moms say their mental health is getting worse

U.S. moms raising babies, children and teens report worsening mental health, a trend that began before the...

Astronomers Have Detected a Galaxy Millions of Years Older Than Any Previously Observed

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has broken the record...

A dwarf galaxy just might upend the Milky Way’s predicated demise

It may come down to a coin toss as to whether the Milky Way collides with the...

Lotions and perfumes affect the air near our skin

Personal care products influence the chemistry of the air swirling around us. Lotion and perfume disrupt chemical...

A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person

Brain-computer-interface startup Paradromics today announced that surgeons successfully inserted the company’s brain implant into a patient and...

How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.When she was 10 years old, Rose Yu...

Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The Trump...

How luna moths grow extravagant wings

For the first time, biologists have linked the ribbony “tails” streaming from big, green luna moths’ hind...
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