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The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding the Universe [Sponsored] Oct 14, 2021

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Ewine van Dishoeck received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics in 2018 for elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. What other mysteries of space are left to be uncovered?

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A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska Oct 13, 2021

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Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road.

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COVID Quickly, Episode 16: Vaccines Protect Pregnancies and a New Antiviral Pill Oct 08, 2021

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Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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The Mystery of Water Drops That Skate Across Oil at Impossible Speeds Oct 05, 2021

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The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera.

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Night Flights Are No Sweat for Tropical Bees Oct 01, 2021

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New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark.

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These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change Sep 28, 2021

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Photoferrotrophs have been around for billions of years on Earth, and new research suggests that they have played an outsize roll in the natural capture of carbon dioxide.

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COVID, Quickly, Episode 15: Booster Shot Approvals--plus Vaccines for Kids? Sep 24, 2021

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Dinosaurs Lived--and Made Little Dinos--in the Arctic Sep 21, 2021

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New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought

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During a Rodent Quadrathlon, Researchers Learn That Ground Squirrels Have Personalities Sep 17, 2021

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The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey.