Science Discoveries
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Bats, insects, and snakes join birds in nature’s four distinct flights
NEW YORK — The next time a shadow flickers overhead, look closer. It might not be a bird.…
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Scientists Explain Why Crabs Pull Each Other Back into the Bucket
The Science Behind the Crab Bucket Effect PORTLAND, Ore. — Put a handful of crabs in a bucket.…
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Phage Display Unlocks Billions of Protein Interactions for Discovery
NEW YORK, July 1 — There is a quiet revolution happening in a corner of biotechnology that most…
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Record-Breaking Solar Device Converts Sunlight to Hydrogen at 31.3% Efficiency
FREIBURG, July 1 — In the corridors of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), a team…
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CAdir sharpens single-cell genomics amid vast, noisy datasets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 30 — A research team has released a new computational method that aims to…
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Spanish Crown’s 1776 Reorganization Shapes Latin America’s Colonial Past
BOGOTÁ, June 30 — On the ground in Colombia’s high plains, the year 1776 is not a story…
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Vesuvius Challenge Prize Leads to Deciphering of Carbonized Scrolls
Two thousand years ago, Mount Vesuvius erupted. It buried Pompeii in ash and Herculaneum in superheated gas. The…
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Study Reveals Nordlys Laser Alters DNA Methylation in Human Skin
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — The line between cosmetic dermatology and cancer biology just got thinner. A peer-reviewed study published…
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The Sentence That Forever Changed History
WASHINGTON, June 30 — Two hundred and fifty years ago today, the American experiment began with a single…
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Jefferson’s Legal Training Shaped Declaration of Independence’s Enduring Argument
WASHINGTON — Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Jefferson sat down to write. He was a lawyer.…
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Jefferson Drafted Declaration with Blackstone’s View on Prenatal Rights
WASHINGTON — Two hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Jefferson sat down with a law book on his…
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Glutathione: A Century of Scientific Discovery and Vital Cellular Role
NEW YORK, June 30 — If TikTok is to be believed, the fastest way to reduce inflammation, improve…
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Study finds targeted social media ads improve truth detection among non-news readers
Remember the panic over fake news on social media? The hand-wringing about filter bubbles and echo chambers? A…
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The Gun That Won the Revolution
WASHINGTON, June 28 — A declassified Pentagon filing has identified a single firearm as the weapon that turned…
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French Shipment of 100,000 Muskets Aided Revolutionary War Effort
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The French ship Amphitrite docked here in the spring of 1777. Off its decks came…
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Pentagon Filing Confirms French Charleville Muskets Outnumbered British Arms
WASHINGTON — The French are coming. Again. A declassified Pentagon filing, reviewed by this reporter, confirms that France’s…
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Lyons Analysis Links 1775 Minutemen to Modern American Service
WASHINGTON — The minutemen who stood on Lexington Green in April 1775 were farmers, tradesmen, and laborers. They…
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Photograph Collection Shows Shift from Playful Nature to Environmental Warnings
ISLAMABAD — The most telling image in the 14-photograph collection “Nature Is Everything” might not be the one…
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Edinburgh scientist proposes consciousness evolved for mental future-testing
EDINBURGH — For decades, the question of what consciousness actually does has sat at the edge of neuroscience…
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Study challenges Protestant work ethic theory, credits education for economic growth
The three economists who authored the new RFBerlin study did not set out to bury Max Weber. But…
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New Study Links Protestant Reformation to Lasting Economic Growth Patterns
LONDON — A new study published in May by RFBerlin argues that economists have been looking in the…
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Freckles Are Not Flaws: What Psychology and Science Say
WASHINGTON, June 27 — The cultural calculus around freckles has shifted dramatically in recent years, moving from something…
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Ancient Roman villa found under high school gym reveals secret
SPOLETO, Italy, June 26 — The gym floor at Liceo Classico Pontano Sansi high school rattles every afternoon…
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Ancient Households Cleaned with Ash, Acid, and Flour
MANILA, June 26 — Before the brightly coloured bottles of dishwashing liquid became a kitchen staple, households relied…
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