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These rabbits can’t hop. A gene defect makes them do handstands
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Erin Garcia de Jesús
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Explainer: What are cicadas?
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How bees play telephone to form a swarm
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Sarah Zielinski
May 11, 2021
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Most people will add something — even when subtracting makes more sense
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Sujata Gupta
May 10, 2021
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Cool Jobs: Saliva offers a spitting image of our health
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Kathiann Kowalski
May 6, 2021
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Simpler, easier COVID-19 test developed with kids in mind
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Kathiann Kowalski
May 6, 2021
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Urchin takeover underlies California’s vanishing kelp forests
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Anushree Dave
May 7, 2021
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New recycling technologies could keep more plastic out of landfills
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Maria Temming
April 29, 2021
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Several plant-like algae can morph into animal-like predators
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Laura Allen
April 23, 2021
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Raindrops on alien worlds will obey Earth-like rules
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Lisa Grossman
May 5, 2021
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Staying grounded in space requires artificial gravity
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Bethany Brookshire
May 4, 2021
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Scientists discover likely source of the moon’s faint yellow tail
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Sid Perkins
May 3, 2021
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Patterns in brain activity can identify who will struggle to read
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Alison Pearce Stevens
April 27, 2021
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Ingenuity helicopter makes history by flying on Mars
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Lisa Grossman
April 20, 2021
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Surfing the winds would make future jet travel greener
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Harini Barath
April 16, 2021
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What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain
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Kathryn Hulick
January 14, 2021
Science & Society
Introducing the Transparency Project
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Janet Raloff
March 4, 2020
Science & Society
Studies test ways to slow the spread of fake news
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Kathiann Kowalski
October 17, 2019
Science & Society
Climate misinformation may be thriving on YouTube
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Sujata Gupta
September 23, 2019
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Scientists enlist computers to hunt down fake news
By
Maria Temming
September 27, 2018
Computing
Computers can now make fool-the-eye fake videos
By
Maria Temming
September 27, 2018
Psychology
Teen fights fake news, one newsfeed at a time
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Bethany Brookshire
May 18, 2018
Science & Society
On Twitter, fake news has greater allure than truth does
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Maria Temming
April 13, 2018
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In an era of fake news, students must act like journalists
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Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
September 22, 2017
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Fake news: How not to fall for it
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Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
September 21, 2017
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Fact checking: How to think like a journalist
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Janet Raloff
September 21, 2017
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September 21, 2017
