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  1. Science & Society

    Project Hail Mary made us wonder how to survive a trip to interstellar space

    We can take some clues from hibernation and cryogenics, but humans aren't yet built for that kind of deep sleep.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Climate

    Halting irreversible changes to Antarctica depends on choices made today

    Antarctic Peninsula projections show accelerating ice loss, warming oceans and global sea level impacts tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Chemistry

    Machine learning streamlines the complexities of making better proteins

    The framework predicts how proteins will function with several interacting mutations and finds combinations that work well together.

    By Skyler Ware
  4. Climate

    Snowball Earth might have had a dynamic climate and open seas

    Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.