Antarctica's Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated
Two expeditions to the Thwaites Ice Shelf have revealed that it could splinter apart in less than a decade, hastening sea-level rise worldwide
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Engineered Metamaterials Can Trick Light and Sound into Mind-Bending Behavior
Advanced materials can modify waves, creating optical illusions and useful technologies
Citizens' Assemblies Are Upgrading Democracy: Fair Algorithms Are Part of the Program
Math helps to randomly select the fairest citizens’ assemblies since antiquity
Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Actually Be Conscious
Brain scans reveal that some people who can’t speak or move are aware of the world around them
Rule-Breaking Particles Pop Up in Experiments around the World
Several physics measurements suggest that novel particles and forces exist in the universe
Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism
For most of human evolution, multiple species with different ways of walking upright coexisted
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See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions
What Makes Animals Cannibals?
Silkworms Spin a Potential Microplastics Substitute
Geologic Activity Lets Microbes Mingle Deep Underground
Which Animals Catch COVID? This Database Has Dozens of Species and Counting
Scientists Ruin Delicious Seabass to Probe Why Some Organs Don't Fossilize
News Briefs from around the World: November 2022
Scientists Invent a Paper Battery--Just Add Water
Dolphins Whistle Their Names with Complex, Expressive Patterns
In a First, Scientists See How Water Stores Extra Protons
This Carnivorous Plant Has a Rain-Powered Trap
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The Federal Government Should Decriminalize Marijuana
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Are Gas Stoves Bad for Our Health?
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We Need 50 More Years of the Clean Water Act
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2022
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See How Much Climate Change Has Cost Different Countries
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Parasites Revealed to Be 'Unseen Influencers' of All Ecosystems
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Poem: 'Mosses'
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In Schools, Honest Talk about Racism Can Reduce Discrimination
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Why Scientists Got the Fast Pace of Arctic Warming Wrong
