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    Insect-eating plants digest faster with a fungal friend
    
    By Erin Garcia de JesúsNovember 12, 2024
  - Animals
    This spider traps flashy fireflies as bait to catch related prey
    
    By Erin Garcia de JesúsNovember 8, 2024
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    An ancient log shows how burying wood can fight climate change
    
    By Jonathan LambertNovember 6, 2024
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    Earthquakes upped the death toll at Pompeii
    
    By Carolyn GramlingNovember 15, 2024
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    Science works to demystify hair and help it behave
    
    By Kathiann KowalskiNovember 14, 2024
  - Health & Medicine
    Why you shouldn’t just brush off dandruff
    
    By Kathiann KowalskiNovember 14, 2024
Earth
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    Earthquakes upped the death toll at Pompeii
    
    By Carolyn GramlingNovember 15, 2024
  - Earth
    Explainer: How volcanoes erupt
    
    By Carolyn WilkeNovember 15, 2024
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    It’s electric! Long-sought new field found in Earth’s atmosphere
    
    By Lisa GrossmanNovember 13, 2024
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    The moon has new tales to share, some from its secretive far side
    
    By Liz KruesiNovember 7, 2024
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    Scientists Say: Theia
    
    By Katie Grace CarpenterNovember 4, 2024
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    Why are scientists suddenly interested in UFOs?
    
    By Avery Elizabeth HurtOctober 31, 2024
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    Scientists Say: Quantum dot
    
    By Maria TemmingNovember 11, 2024
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    This young engineer built an affordable electronic braille reader
    
    By Maria TemmingNovember 5, 2024
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    Scientists Say: Deepfake
    
    By Katie Grace CarpenterOctober 21, 2024

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