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  1. Quantum Physics

    Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip

    Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

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  2. Microbes

    Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism

    In a small study, mice given fecal transplants from elite cyclists and soccer players had higher levels of glycogen, a key energy source.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Surgeons transplanted a pig’s liver into a human

    A genetically modified mini pig’s liver was able to function in the body of a brain-dead patient throughout a 10-day experiment.

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  4. Space

    JWST spots the earliest sign yet of a distant galaxy reshaping its cosmic environs

    The galaxy, called JADES-GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.

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  5. Genetics

    What 23andMe’s bankruptcy means for your genetic data

    As 23andMe prepares to be sold, Science News spoke with two experts about what’s at stake and whether consumers should delete their genetic data.

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  6. Animals

    You might be reading your dog’s moods wrong

    A dog's physical cues often take a back seat to environmental ones, skewing humans' perceptions, a small study suggests.

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  7. Animals

    Is that shark ticking? In a first, a shark is recorded making noise

    The ocean can be a symphony of fish grunts, hums and growls. Now add tooth-clacking sharks to the score.

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  8. Plants

    A nearly century-old dead date palm tree helped solve an ancestry mystery

    The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

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  9. Animals

    A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice

    Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

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  10. Agriculture

    How silicon turns tomato plants into mean, green, pest-killing machines

    Treated plants fight pests without the need for toxic pesticides, oozing a "larval toffee" that stunts tomato pinworms’ growth and attracts predators.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Avoidable deaths increased in the U.S. as they dropped elsewhere 

    In the United States, deaths that could have been avoided rose, on average, from 2009 to 2019. That’s in contrast to European Union countries.

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  12. Animals

    Plastic ‘fossils’ help scientists reconstruct the history of bird nests

    Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

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