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[:es]The mysterious case of man who can read letters—but not numbers—exposes roots of consciousness[:]

[:es]In the video, the man sounds creeped out. “This is too strange for words,” he mutters. He’s holding a plate-size, green foam 8. When upright, it looks to him like […]
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[:es]From rocks to icebergs, the natural world tends to break into cubes[:]

[:es]Perhaps the Cubists were right. Researchers have found that when everything from icebergs to rocks breaks apart, their pieces tend to resemble cubes. The finding suggests a universal rule of […]
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[:es]Ancient microbial arms race sharpened our immune system—but also left us vulnerable[:]

[:es]At a recent symposium on the evolution of infectious diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), pathologist Nissi Varki noted that humans suffer from a long list of deadly diseases—including […]
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[:es]After 40 years, researchers finally see Earth’s climate destiny more clearly[:]

[:es]It seems like such a simple question: How hot is Earth going to get? Yet for 40 years, climate scientists have repeated the same unsatisfying answer: If humans double atmospheric […]
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[:es]Global warming shrinks bird breeding windows, potentially threatening species[:]

[:es]For breeding birds, timing is everything. Most species have just a narrow window to get the food they need to feed their brood—after spring’s bounty has sprung, but before other […]
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[:es]New genes control plant height, could lead to flood-proof crops[:]

[:es]Stature matters to plants. Short crops can carry more grain without bending under their own weight—a key trait that helped power the Green Revolution in the 1960s. But tall plants […]
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[:es]The pandemic virus is slowly mutating. But is it getting more dangerous?[:]

[:es]It’s only a tiny change. At some point early in the pandemic, one of the 30,000 letters in the genome of SARS-CoV-2 changed from an A to a G. Today, […]
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[:es]New method to edit cell’s ‘powerhouse’ DNA could help study variety of genetic diseases[:]

[:es]In a biological beating of swords into plowshares, researchers have converted a bacterial toxin into a genome editing tool that, for the first time, can make precise changes to DNA […]
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[:es]Underwater caves in Mexico preserve one of the world’s oldest ochre mines[:]

[:es]Crouching as she wound her way through a pinched underground corridor, a young woman grasped a torch in one hand, soot blackening the craggy ceiling above her. Guided by stacks […]