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This Startup Wants You to Eat Ground-Up Chicken Bones Jun 08, 2022

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A Finnish company says it has found a way to incorporate bone into ground chicken, lowering the production cost and environmental impact of the meat. But will anyone eat it?

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Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis Jun 07, 2022

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It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.

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Why Was the Tonga Eruption So Massive? Scientists Have New Clues Jun 06, 2022

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Early theories suggested an underwater landslide caused a catastrophic mix of magma and seawater. Recent evidence reveals an explosion unlike anything studied before.

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The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work Jun 03, 2022

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Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist.

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Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets Jun 02, 2022

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Rumbles and tides create tiny, detectable disturbances in fiber optics. The world’s cables could form a vast network for detecting earthquakes and tsunamis.

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A Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears to Violate a Law of Physics Jun 01, 2022

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By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.

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The Wetlands Are Drowning May 31, 2022

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A long-term study of a marsh was meant to ask whether rising levels of CO2 could help wetlands thrive despite rising seas. The plants aren’t keeping up.

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This Is Where Dirty Old Cars Go to Die May 27, 2022

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The electric vehicle revolution is gathering speed—but what happens to all those polluting cars already on the road?

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Carbon-Rich Peat Is Disappearing. But Is It Also Growing? May 26, 2022

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Scientists have discovered “proto-peat” forming in the Arctic as the Earth naturally sequesters carbon, but it could take centuries to mature.

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With Dusty Solar Panels, InSight’s Days on Mars Are Numbered May 25, 2022

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After the InSight lander studied the strongest marsquake ever detected, scientists gave the space robot a negative prognosis because of its dwindling solar power.

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