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[:es]When should you end a conversation? Probably sooner than you think[:]

[:es]While studying for his master’s degree at the University of Oxford, Adam Mastroianni confronted a fear common to many party goers: Would he get stuck in a conversation with no […]
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[:es]The first organism to use oxygen may have appeared surprisingly early[:]

[:es]The first organisms to “breathe” oxygen—or at least use it—appeared 3.1 billion years ago, according to a new genetic analysis of dozens of families of microbes. The find is surprising […]
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[:es]How fairy circles form in Shanghai’s salt marshes[:]

[:es]Dry areas of Namibia and Australia are well known for their fairy circles—barren rings that dot grasslands and are thought to result from termites and water scarcity. But moist regions […]
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[:es]Humble dung beetles may be ideal DNA detectors for animal surveys[:]

[:es]Biologists wanting to identify the resident creatures of a location, be it nearby woods or a distant mountainside, could soon have new assistants to help them vacuum up a surrounding’s […]
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[:es]Mammoth molars yield the oldest DNA ever sequenced[:]

[:es]A genetic analysis of long-extinct Siberian mammoths has nearly doubled the record for the oldest DNA yet sequenced. The genetic material, from a creature that roamed frozen lands some 1.2 […]
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[:es]Hopes evaporate for the superheavy element flerovium having a long life[:]

[:es]For decades, nuclear physicists have blasted record-breaking superheavy elements into existence, extending the periodic table step by step beyond uranium, the heaviest natural element. Such heavyweights tend to be unstable, […]
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[:es]The race to treat a rare, fatal syndrome may help others with common disorders like diabetes[:]

[:es]Maureen Marshall-Doss says the first sign that her vision was deteriorating came when she misidentified the color of a dress. At a backyard get-together about 20 years ago, the Indianapolis […]
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[:es]Prozac turns guppies into ‘zombies’[:]

[:es]Prozac might need a new warning label: “Caution: This antidepressant may turn fish into zombies.”[:]
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[:es]Mutant zebrafish with extra fin bones may hold clues to how the first animals walked on land[:]

[:es]Almost 700 years ago, a Dutch naturalist envisioned a fish with arms that would enable it to climb out of the water, setting the stage for terrestrial life. Now, it […]