Nature News
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An ant, a plant, and a bear, oh my
In a mountain meadow in Colorado, ecologists have come across yet another example of the amazing interconnectedness of nature’s flora and fauna. Black bears, by eating ants, help one of […]
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NASA launches next-generation scientific balloon
Super-pressure technology could keep gamma-ray telescope aloft for 100 days or more around Antarctica.
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Planet hunters plot course for inhabited worlds
Researchers aim to set aside differences in search for life on distant spheres.
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How do you test an Ebola vaccine?
Scientists in West Africa are racing to determine what immunization strategies could be most effective to contain the epidemic.
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Earth’s deep crust could support widespread life
Discovery of hydrogen-rich waters hints at unexplored microbial ecosystems.
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Titan’s giant dunes track ancient climate
Long-term orbital wobbles drive changes in sand patterns on Saturnian moon.
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Physics: Quantum computer quest
After a 30-year struggle to harness quantum weirdness for computing, physicists finally have their goal in reach.
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Homo erectus made world’s oldest doodle 500,000 years ago
Shell markings are the oldest abstract signs ever discovered.

