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  1. Materials Science

    The best way to cook an egg — in 32 minutes

    It’s hard to cook both the white and the yolk of the egg to the right temperature. Scientists have found a new method, called periodic cooking.

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  2. Ecosystems

    Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal

    DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

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  3. Climate

    Can geoengineering plans save glaciers and slow sea level rise?

    As climate change melts West Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists are proposing bold ideas to avoid devastating sea level rise.