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Life

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Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

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Physics

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Physics

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Earth

Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

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Topics

Chemistry

Converting trash to valuable graphene in a flash

Scientists Say: Fermentation

Explainer: What the pH scale tells us

Earth

Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

Scientists Say: Meteorology

Converting trash to valuable graphene in a flash

Humans

COVID-19: When will it be safe to go out again?

Zapping the brain may make it work right again

How to cope as COVID-19 imposes social distancing

Life

Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

Scientists Say: Brainwaves

Let’s learn about electric eels

Math

Color-changing fibers help unravel a knotty problem

How math makes movies like Doctor Strange so otherworldly

Drones help scientists weigh whales at sea

Physics

Converting trash to valuable graphene in a flash

Explainer: Understanding waves and wavelengths

There’s science to making great fried rice

Science & Society

Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

COVID-19: When will it be safe to go out again?

How to cope as COVID-19 imposes social distancing

Space

Rover finds ‘layer cake’ below ground on moon’s farside

Let’s learn about satellites

Black hole mega-burp was truly explosive

Tech

Let’s learn about satellites

New spray gel moves drugs deep to treat frostbite

3-D printing helps resurrect an ancient Egyptian mummy’s voice