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Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications

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Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in the arid West

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Knowing your neighbors may shape U.S. household yard care practices

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Unless warming is slowed, emperor penguins will march toward extinction

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Why are big storms bringing so much more rain?

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The race to stay ahead of wildfires

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Better biosensor technology created for stem cells

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Drizzle at sub-zero temps recorded in Antarctica

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Impacts of low-dose exposure to antibiotics unveiled in zebrafish gut

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Astronomers find a golden glow from a distant stellar collision

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Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth

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Earthquakes in Slow Motion

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Cell chemistry illuminated by laser light

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Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems

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Even 'Goldilocks' exoplanets need a well-behaved star

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Paper trail leads to heart valve discoveries

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Scientists probe the limits of ice

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Malaria Researchers’ Findings May Have Implications for Preventing Spread of Deadly Disease

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Harvesting genes to improve watermelons

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For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages

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Fossils may need air to form

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Study reveals surprising amount of gene flow among butterfly species

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Browser tool aims to help researchers ID malicious websites, code

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Reframing the dangers Antarctica's meltwater ponds pose to ice shelves and sea level

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Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to ice-sheet instability as much as predicted

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Tiny swimming 'doughnuts' deliver the biomedical goods

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Facial recognition software has a gender problem

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Galapagos sea life study highlights importance of biodiversity in the face of climate change

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