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NSF statement on President’s FY 2022 discretionary budget request

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Using microbes to make carbon neutral fuel

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Fossils reveal how tusks first evolved and why they are unique to mammals

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Black spruce trees struggle to regenerate amid more frequent Arctic fires

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Scientists pinpoint genes for tuskless African elephants

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Earliest evidence of herd living among dinosaurs

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Whales are more important ecosystem engineers than previously thought

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Adapting plant roots to a hotter planet could help ease pressure on food supply

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'Ray guns' let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart

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Shape-shifting worm blobs could inspire future robot swarms

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Islands are cauldrons of evolution

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Hot time, summer in the city: Growing threat of extreme heat on urban populations

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For unvaccinated, reinfection by COVID-19 is likely, study finds

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Machine learning uncovers 'genes of importance' in agriculture

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NSF Statement on 2021 Nobel Laureates in Science

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Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand salt pollution

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Giant Waikato penguin: Schoolkids discover new species

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Hummingbirds can smell their way out of danger

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Baby birds tune in from egg

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Study shows how aspen forests maintain the diversity needed to adapt to changing environments

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Researchers discover hidden SARS-CoV-2 'gate' that opens to allow COVID-19 infection

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Cities are making mammals bigger

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Study of structural variants in cacao genomes yields clues about plant diversity

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For larger, older trees, it’s all downhill from here

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Dosing the coast: Baltimore County's leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay

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Uncovering the botanical history of the Guadalupe Mountains

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For trees, carbs are key to surviving insect defoliation

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Study takes unprecedented peek into life of 17,000-year-old mammoth

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Genetics team aims for better corn plants

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Trapped salt water caused mangrove death after Hurricane Irma

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