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Teach Science Process Over Findings

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Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Bonaire: Where Coral and Cactus Thrive, and the Sea Soothes the Soul

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In a dying reef world, the writer explores the underwater bliss of a little Caribbean island that is showing the world just how to save coral.

Becoming Greta: 'Invisible Girl' to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way

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A Swedish girl's solitary act of civil disobedience has turned her into a symbol for climate action. But her path hasn't been easy.

For a Black Mathematician, What It's Like to Be the 'Only One'

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Fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Edray Goins, who earned one of them, found the upper reaches of the math world a challenging place.

The real 'Jaws': Great white shark's genetic secrets revealed

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The great white shark, one of the most fearsome predators in the world's oceans in both fact and fiction, is a formidable creature -- right down to its genes.

Saving the Bats, One Cave at a Time

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Biologists are searching caves and abandoned mines in the West, hoping to spare many species of the winged creatures from the devastating fungus, white-nose syndrome.

Fast fashion: 'Penny on a garment' to drive clothes recycling

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Clothing brands and retailers should pay per item to fund a £35m annual recycling scheme, MPs say.

Liberals and Conservatives Are Both Susceptible to Fake News, but for Different Reasons

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New research suggests both liberals and conservatives are motivated to believe fake news, and dismiss real news that contradicts their ideologies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant

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Climate change is shifting the energy in the atmosphere that fuels summertime weather, which may lead to stronger thunderstorms and more stagnant conditions for midlatitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Europe, and Asia, a new st…

Great white shark genome decoded

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In a major scientific step to understand the biology of this iconic apex predator and sharks in general, the entire genome of the white shark has now been decoded in detail.

Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela's Ongoing Crisis

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A severe and persistent drought has led to rationing of water and electricity from hydropower -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trilobites: What's Pink and Pinstriped and Digests Wood? This New Shipworm

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Scientists are eager to learn more about the bacteria that live in this recently discovered clam with an extremely long digestive system.

Brain cells combine place and taste to make food maps

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A select group of brain cells responds to both flavor and location, a specialty that may help an animal find the next good meal.

Antarctica's Ice Shelves Get a Bounce from Ephemeral Lakes

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GPS measurements the flexing movement of one of the ice shelves that act as key backstops to sea level rise -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Do Dams Increase Water Use?

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Reservoirs may promote waste by creating a false sense of water security -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Breeding the "Snot Otter"

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The gigantic Ozark hellbender salamander is in trouble in the wild, but one zoo—and a hard-working team—is helping to boost its populations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

'Hundreds' of badgers illegally killed each year in NI

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Badger baiting: 'Hundreds' illegally killed every season in Northern Ireland

Plastic waste - what Neath pupils think

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What do these Neath pupils think of plastic waste after a beach clean-up?

A Single Earthquake Can Move Millions of Tons of Carbon into Earth's Deepest Trenches

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Earthquakes may be dumping millions of tons of carbon into the Earth's deepest cracks. And scientists aren't sure what that means.

Why an Outlaw Was Stabbed to Death and Then Buried Face-Down in Medieval Sicily

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The killing was "effective and rapid" by someone who knows human anatomy "very well."

Marvel at This Glittering 'Galaxy' Inside a Fly's Testicles

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The "stars" in this photo aren't what you think.

ZSL London Zoo shares animal X-rays

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X-ray images reveal the inner workings of a variety of different species at ZSL London Zoo.

There's A Gap Between Perception And Reality When It Comes To Learning

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Increasingly, people feel they can master tasks simply by watching instructional videos like the kind you find on YouTube. But sometimes the gap between perception and reality can be deep and wide.

Israel Heads To The Moon

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A spacecraft named Beresheet is set to be Israel's first spacecraft to land on the moon. It came about because Israeli scientists lost a contest - but continued with the work anyway.

Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

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Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.

Japan approves test of iPS cells for treating spinal injuries

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Japanese scientists will test the use of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat spinal cord injuries, a health ministry panel that approved the research project said on Monday.

Embryo 'Adoption' Is Growing, but It's Getting Tangled in the Abortion Debate

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Many agencies that offer donated embryos, including most of those supported by federal grants, are affiliated with Christian or anti-abortion rights organizations.

Trilobites: Birds of a Feather May Stick Together, but This Bird's Foot Got Stuck in Amber

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Researchers say the feathered specimen known as "Ugly Foot" or "Hobbit Foot" offers long-sought clues to the evolutionary path of birds.

Mendeleev's Periodic Table Draft Is Virtually Unrecognizable - But It Changed Science Forever

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Back in 1869, the periodic table of elements had just 63 elements and was scribbled in ink.

Massive Storms Lead to Elevated Landslide Hazards for the West Coast

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Saturated slopes can be very bad news. The good news: Congress may be ready to do something about it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

'Every Day Is A Good Day When You're Floating': Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

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Kindergartners from Georgetown Day School in Washington D.C., help NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro field questions to McClain, who's an astronaut serving on the International Space Station.

Smarter Driving: What's on Your Car? Winter Tires, We Hope

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All-season tires can indeed be driven all year, but for maximum control and safety, there's no substitute for tires that provide strong traction in snow. Here's why you need them.

Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing Matter

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Astronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.

What the Heck Happened to This Yo-Yo Champ's Index Finger?

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A yo-yo champion experienced dramatic ups and downs for the circulation in his index finger.

Clothing conscience

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How sustainable are your fashion habits? Take our quiz.

The Couple That Studies the Intermediate Value Theorem Together Stays Together

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Mathematicians Nikita Nikolaev and Beatriz Navarro Lameda share their favorite theorem and their mathematics-themed wedding -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia

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The hardened plaque on teeth is helping scientists trace the history of dairying in Mongolia.

On Itchiness in Science Writing

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Spotting and scratching the places where something just feels off -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Stores accused of 'watering down' bottle deposit scheme

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Campaigners say retailers want fees to apply only to smaller containers, rather than all plastic bottles.

Volunteers Fight Bad Science

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James Heathers is a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University, who looks for mistakes for fun. He speaks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks about errors published in scientific papers.

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