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  1. Climate

    Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought

    Radiocarbon from bomb tests reveals that plants store more carbon than previously estimated in leaves and stems, which are vulnerable to degradation.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  2. Materials Science

    Jurassic Park’s amber-preserved dino DNA is now inspiring a way to store data 

    DNA is capable of encoding all sorts of data. Storing it in an amberlike material may keep that information safe for nearly forever.

    By Payal Dhar

  3. Striving to break the global grip of malnutrition

    Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses the quest for solutions in challenges such as childhood malnutrition, Andean bear conservation and assessing AI’s cognition.