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  1. Cosmology

    How did dark matter shape the universe? This physicist has ideas

    Theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer proposes new scenarios for dark matter and helped discover the Fermi bubbles.

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  2. Environment

    A biogeochemist is tracking the movements of toxic mercury pollution

    Exposing the hidden movements of mercury through the environment can help reduce human exposure.

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  3. Science & Society

    This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics

    The world is awash in information. Communications researcher Yotam Ophir digs into news articles and survey results to show how beliefs form and spread.

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  4. Climate

    Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century

    Each year, roughly 8,000 deaths in the United States are associated with extreme temperatures. And as temperatures rise, this number could swell.

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  5. Animals

    Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells

    If the pluripotent stem cells can be turned into precursors to egg and sperm cells, the feat could potentially be a big deal for giant panda conservation.

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  6. Microbes

    Some bacteria in your mouth can divide into as many as 14 cells at once

    The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii has a unique reproductive strategy that might allow it to claim territory quickly.

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  7. Particle Physics

    A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations

    Cosmological data suggest unexpected masses for neutrinos, including the possibility of zero or negative mass.

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  8. Climate

    Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought

    A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Vaccines for mpox are finally reaching Africa. But questions about the virus remain

    With concerns that mpox may now spread more easily and be more severe, researchers warn that failing to curb the outbreak means “nobody is safe.”

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  10. Animals

    Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

    Black garden ants made tweaks to entrances, tunnels and chambers that may help prevent diseases from spreading.

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  11. Anthropology

    Fossils of an extinct animal may have inspired this cave art drawing

    Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

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  12. Neuroscience

    Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

    Animals including mammals usually protect their brains from infiltrating microbes that can cause disease. But some fish seem to do just fine.

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