The New York Times
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[:es]Fungi Physics: How Those Spores Launch Just Right[:]
[:es]To spread forth and multiply, fungi — including the familiar button, portobello and shiitake mushrooms — shoot their spores into wafting breezes.[:]
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[:eu]Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal, Dies at 40[:]
[:eu]Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician who was the only woman ever to win a Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics, died on Saturday. She was 40.[:]
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[:eu]In the Deep, Dark Sea, Corals Create Their Own Sunshine[:]
[:eu]Corals that live up to hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface have worked out a special arrangement with algae that’s mutually beneficial for the two.[:]
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[:eu]They Were Shorter and at Risk for Arthritis, but They Survived an Ice Age[:]
[:eu]As early humans migrated into colder northern climates, a genetic mutation that knocks about a centimeter off height and increases the risk of osteoarthritis by up to 80 percent may […]
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[:eu]In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration[:]
[:eu]A new genetic analysis finds that ancient Africans walked into Europe 270,000 years ago, much earlier than previously known, and interbred with Neanderthals.[:]
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[:eu]This Beautiful Parasitic Bird Could Soon Turn Up in Your Yard[:]
[:eu]Scientists developed a model to predict the spread of pin-tailed whydahs, and found they could strain native bird species in California, Texas and elsewhere.[:]
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[:eu]Why Do Bird Eggs Have Different Shapes? Look to the Wings[:]
[:eu]In the most comprehensive study of egg shapes to date, scientists say that the best predictor of long or pointy eggs is a bird’s flying ability.[:]
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[:eu]Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way[:]
[:eu]Physicists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider are seeking clues to a theory that will answer deeper questions about the cosmos. But the silence from the frontier has been ominous.[:]
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[:eu]How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry[:]
[:eu]Pasteur was an artist. And without his early creative explorations, he may not have made one of his most monumental, but least talked about, discoveries in science, one with far-reaching […]