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- Earth
Can Banking Carbon Cool the Greenhouse?
Stockpiling carbon dioxide in plants and soil may be effective only for the short term, if at all.
- Materials Science
Making Stuff Last
Chemistry and materials science step up to preserve history, old and new.
- Health & Medicine
Weight Matters, Even in the Womb
Status at birth can foreshadow illnesses decades later.
- Animals
Will Mr. Bowerbird Fall for a Robot?
Push a button and she turns her head. But can she turn his?
- Materials Science
One-Upping Nature’s Materials
Striving for designer substances that build themselves from individual molecules.
- Anthropology
Out on a Limb
The science of body development may make kindling out of evolutionary trees.
- Tech
When the Chips are Down
Scientists seek alternatives to a computer technology nearing its limits.
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- Computing
Calculating Swarms
Ant teamwork suggests models for computing faster and organizing better.
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Do Antibodies Pack a Deadly Punch?
These immune molecules may directly kill, not just tag, microbes.
