Depression, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Are Linked with Ancient Viral DNA in Our Genome
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New Earplugs Won’t Amplify the Sound of Your Own Voice
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Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Thought
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Carrington-Level Cluster of Sunspots May Send a ‘Cannibal CME’ Hurtling Toward Earth
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Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch
Heat and Floods Are Increasingly Hitting Coastlines with a One-Two Punch Compound events in which coastal flooding and heat waves occur at the same time
U.S. Carbon Removal Needs Have a $100-Billion Price Tag—Per Year
The U.S. Will Need to Spend $100 Billon a Year on Carbon Removal The U.S. needs to vastly increase taxpayer spending on direct carbon removal
Your Metabolism May Contain Health Clues
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How Ancient Humans Studied—And Predicted—Solar Eclipses
During an eclipse, as the moon slowly begins to veil the sun, crescent-shaped shadows appear on the ground, and the world drops into an eerie
Three Experiments Could Help Electrify Big Trucks
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Memories Are Made by Breaking DNA — and Fixing It, Study in Mice Finds
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