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Adding thousands of languages to the AI lexicon, and the genes behind our bones
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The AI special issue, adding empathy to robots, and scientists leaving Arecibo
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Worldwide survey kills the myth of “Man the Hunter,” and tightly constraining the electric dipole...
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A space-based telescope to hunt dark energy, and what we can learn from scaleless snakes
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Why it’s tough to measure light pollution, and a mental health first aid course
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Contraception for cats, and taking solvents out of chemistry
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How we measure the world with our bodies, and hunting critical minerals
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Talking tongues, detecting beer, and shifting perspectives on females
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The earliest evidence for kissing, and engineering crops to clone themselves
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Debating when death begins, and the fate of abandoned lands
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Building big dream machines, and self-organizing landscapes
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The value of new voices in science and journalism, and what makes something memorable
Science’s editor-in-chief and an award-winning broadcast journalist discuss the struggles shared...
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Mapping uncharted undersea volcanoes, and elephant seals dive deep to sleep
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More precise radiocarbon dating, secrets of hibernating bear blood, and a new book series
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Why some countries, such as China, vaccinate flocks against bird flu but others don’t, and male...
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How the Maya thought about the ancient ruins in their midst, and the science of Braille
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New worries about Earth’s asteroid risk, and harnessing plants’ chemical factories
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