Scientific American
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DNA Can Survive Reentry from Space
Genetic blueprints attached to a rocket survived a short spaceflight and later passed on their biological instructions
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How People Make Summer Hotter
Researchers wired Madison, Wisc., to get a better grasp of the urban heat island effect
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Meteorite Bears Evidence of Magnetic Fields in Early Solar System
An ancient meteorite has now yielded the first physical evidence that intense magnetic fields played a major role in the birth of our solar system.
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Dark Matter Black Holes Could Be Destroying Stars at the Milky Way’s Center
If dark matter comes in both matter and antimatter varieties, it might accumulate inside dense stars to create black holes
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The Philosophical Implications of the Urge to Urinate
The state of our body affects how we think the world works
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New Experiment Aims to Crack Neutrino Mass Mystery
These particles should not have mass, but they do. By sending neutrinos through the ground from Illinois to Minnesota, physicists hope to learn why
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An Ill Wind Blows in Antarctica, Threatens Global Flooding
Fiercer winds from the Southern Ocean means a faster meltdown of ice
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Can General Anesthesia Trigger Dementia?
Scientists try to untangle the relationship between a temporary effect and a permanent condition
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Ancient Halo Stars Cast the Milky Way’s First Light
Hubble spots a star in our galaxy’s halo that likely predates its oldest star clusters