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Mosquitoes Adapt to a Warming Environment

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How the Crimean Congo Virus Sneaks into Cells

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Fishermen and Hobbyists Provide Scientists with Invaluable Data

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Combining Climate Stressors Leads to Unique Changes in the Genome

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Animals Are Shape-Shifting in Response to a Warming World

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Certain Tree Species Are More Susceptible to Death by Lightning

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Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans

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As Carbon Dioxide Goes Up, Plants’ Nutrient Content Declines

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Climate Change May Favor Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

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Severe Drought, Heat Upended Research This Summer

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Opinion: Eating Right to Avoid Catastrophe

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Union of Concerned Scientists Cofounder Kurt Gottfried Dies at 93

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Who Will Win the 2026 Nobel Prize? Scientists Make Their Predictions

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Vipers’ Self-Defense Mechanism Could Spark a New Antivenom Strategy

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Was Anthropic’s Biology Breakthrough Borrowed From Another Scientist’s Work?

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Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low

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Antarctica’s Blood Falls Teems With Mysterious Microbial Life

Miles away from the closest ocean, marine microbes thrive in the red ice and mud around Blood Falls, offering clues to microbial adaptation and past climate events.

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Characterizing LNP Heterogeneity With Super-Resolution Imaging

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Exploring the Most Impactful CRISPR Stories

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