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Altruistic babies? Study shows infants are willing to give up food, help others

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National Science Foundation presents FY 2021 budget request

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NSF selects 7 winners from its first-ever NSF 2026 Idea Machine prize competition

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Researchers uncover strong link between sadness and smoking

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Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future

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Deaf infants exposed to American Sign Language more attuned to visual-communicative signals

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Lemurs rely on scent when it comes to finding a mate

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NSF's 10 Big Ideas

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Repositioning SBE's Programs: Opportunities to Learn More

Oak trees in Southern U.S. cities are natural urban air filters

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3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry

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White House honors 80 NSF-supported early-career researchers

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Neanderthals used resin 'glue' for tools

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Forests show pathways to a sustainable future

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Government-funded research increasingly fuels innovation

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Stat Insights: Asian/Pacific Americans in Science and Engineering

New research accurately predicts Australian wheat harvests months in advance

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Low-cost intervention boosts undergraduate interest in computer science

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Dataset Bridges Human Vision and Machine Learning

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2019 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Report goes live

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National Science Foundation presents the President’s FY 2020 budget request

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Understanding how the brain makes sense of sound

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Media call: NSF Fiscal Year 2020 budget request

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When coral reefs change, researchers and local fishing communities see different results

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Statement on executive order to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence

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SBE and NSF's Big Ideas

Upwind wind farms can reduce the energy production of downwind neighbor turbines

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Domestic violence interventions: Thoughts on what works to address this costly crime

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Intimate-partner domestic violence in the US: costs, consequences, causes and possible solutions

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