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[:es]Landmark study casts doubt on controversial theory linking melting Arctic to severe winter weather[:]

[:es]Every time severe winter weather strikes the United States or Europe, reporters are fond of saying that global warming may be to blame. The paradox goes like this: As Arctic […]
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[:es]Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains [:]

[:es]Here’s another blow to the popular image of Neanderthals as brutish meat eaters: A new study of bacteria collected from Neanderthal teeth shows that our close cousins ate so many […]
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[:es]Further evidence supports controversial claim that SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA[:]

[:es]A team of prominent scientists has doubled down on its controversial hypothesis that genetic bits of the pandemic coronavirus can integrate into our chromosomes and stick around long after the […]
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[:es]Can scientists help insects survive their fatal attraction to light at night?[:]

[:es]Each summer, on bridges across the world, mayfly massacres occur. First, warm weather prompts the transformation of the insects’ aquatic larvae. Within hours, the short-lived, flying adults pop out of […]
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[:es]Gut microbiota through an evolutionary lens[:]

[:es]Complex tripartite human-microbiota-environment interactions present an unsolved puzzle for human health: When is it better for the gut microbiota to track versus resist environmental change?[:]
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[:es]Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests[:]

[:es]Say what you want about lead, it’s got a surprisingly thick skin—of neutrons, that is. In fact, the layer of neutrons on the outside of a lead nucleus is twice […]
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[:es]Malaria vaccine has striking early success after decades of disappointment[:]

[:es]After decades of disappointing results, recent findings have revived hopes for an effective vaccine against malaria, which kills some 400,000 people every year, most of them children. An experimental vaccine […]
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[:es]Dolphins learn the ‘names’ of their friends to form teams—a first in animal kingdom[:]

[:es]Like members of a street gang, male dolphins summon their buddies when it comes time to raid and pillage—or, in their case, to capture and defend females in heat. A […]
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[:es]Just 19% of Earth’s land is still ‘wild,’ analysis suggests[:]

[:es]Since the 1960s, conservationists have had a standard solution for saving biodiversity: Protect natural areas from human influence. But a new analysis of Earth’s land use going back 12,000 years […]