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  1. Physics

    A new hydrogen-rich compound may be a record-breaking superconductor

    The record for the highest-temperature superconductor may be toast.

    By Emily Conover
  2. Climate

    Wildfires make their own weather, and that matters for fire management

    Mathematical equations describing interactions between wildfires and the air around them help explain their power and destruction.

    By Laurel Hamers
  3. Science & Society

    Before it burned, Brazil’s National Museum gave much to science

    When Brazil’s National Museum went up in flames, so did the hard work of the researchers who work there.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Oceans

    A massive net is being deployed to pick up plastic in the Pacific

    As the Ocean Cleanup project embarks, critics remain unconvinced that scooping up debris is the best way to solve the ocean’s plastic problem.