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How Tornadoes Form and Why They're So Destructive Science

How Tornadoes Form and Why They're So Destructive

Tornadoes are among the most violent weather phenomena on Earth. Here is the science behind how they develop from ordinary thunderstorms into spinning...

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Why Dogs and Humans Share the Same Behavior Genes Science

Why Dogs and Humans Share the Same Behavior Genes

A landmark study of 1,300 golden retrievers found that the same genes driving canine anxiety, trainability, and aggression also shape human depression...

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How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading Science

How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading

Harmful algal blooms—explosive growths of toxic algae—shut down beaches, poison drinking water, and kill fish. Here's the science behind why they form...

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How Bone Rings Reveal Dinosaur Age and Growth Science

How Bone Rings Reveal Dinosaur Age and Growth

Just like tree rings record years of growth, microscopic lines inside dinosaur bones hold the key to understanding how long these giants lived and how...

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How Paper Mills Corrupt Science—and Why It's Hard to Stop Science

How Paper Mills Corrupt Science—and Why It's Hard to Stop

Paper mills are criminal enterprises that manufacture fake research papers and sell authorship to academics under career pressure. Here is how they op...

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Explosion Near US Embassy in Oslo: Terror Motive Not Ruled Out Science

Explosion Near US Embassy in Oslo: Terror Motive Not Ruled Out

Norwegian police are investigating an early morning explosion of an incendiary device near the consular entrance of the US Embassy in Oslo. No injurie...

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Nature's Engine Slows: Species Turnover Down by a Third Science

Nature's Engine Slows: Species Turnover Down by a Third

A landmark global study finds that the rate at which species replace each other in ecosystems has slowed by roughly one-third since the 1970s — a para...

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What Is a Megamaser? How Galaxies Create Space Lasers Science

What Is a Megamaser? How Galaxies Create Space Lasers

Megamasers are among the most powerful natural phenomena in the universe — radio beams billions of times brighter than ordinary cosmic masers, born fr...

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How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter Science

How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter

Self-healing materials can automatically repair cracks and damage—from concrete bridges to spacecraft composites. Here is the science behind this brea...

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How Aluminum Could Become a Zero-Carbon Fuel Science

How Aluminum Could Become a Zero-Carbon Fuel

Aluminum holds more energy per liter than diesel — and when reacted with water using a catalyst, it releases clean heat and hydrogen. A new wave of st...

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What Is a Gravity Hole? Antarctica's Weak Spot Explained Science

What Is a Gravity Hole? Antarctica's Weak Spot Explained

Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole'—a region where gravitational pull is measurably weaker than the global average. Scientists have...

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Marine Fungus Found to Kill Toxic Red Tide Algae Science

Marine Fungus Found to Kill Toxic Red Tide Algae

Scientists have identified a new marine fungus, Algophthora mediterranea, that parasitizes and destroys toxic algae responsible for harmful coastal bl...

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