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Acrobatic geckos can even race on water's surface

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DDT in Alaska meltwater poses cancer risk for people who eat lots of fish

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Yin and yang: Opposites in nature, fluoride and lithium, compete for higher energy batteries

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Study explains how geckos gracefully gallop on water

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COSINE-100 experiment investigates dark matter mystery

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Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency

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NSF, NASA announce commitments to support White House strategic plan on STEM education

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Light triggers gold in unexpected way

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Breakthrough in blood vessel engineering

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Easy to use 3D bioprinting technique creates lifelike tissues from natural materials

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Fires fueled spread of grasslands on ancient Earth

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Potential arthritis treatment prevents cartilage breakdown

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When storing memories, brain prioritizes those experiences that are most rewarding

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Coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors

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Researchers create new 'smart' material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

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Citizen science can play role in addressing agricultural challenges

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Study reveals importance of 'cryptic connections' in disease transmission

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Researchers discover how 'cryptic' connections in disease transmission influence epidemics

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Kindergarten difficulties may predict academic achievement across primary grades

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NSF awards $50M in grants to improve STEM education

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From beaker to solved 3D structure in minutes

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NSF, Popular Science announce this year’s Vizzies winners

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Embryos remember the chemicals that they encounter

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Stanford researchers make movies of photochemistry in single nanoparticles

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Machine-learning algorithm predicts how cells repair broken DNA

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Deficits in executive functions predict longer term difficulties in STEM

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NSF announces awards to shape the human-technology partnership for the well-being of workers and their productivity

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Stanford researchers unveil clues that could lead to more affordable and effective conservation of species

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What happened in the past when the climate changed?

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