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Corals and Sea Anemones Turn Sunscreen into Toxins—Understanding How Could Help Save Coral Reefs

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Stanford to Launch New Climate Change School This Fall

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Science Snapshot: Identifying Individual Frogs In A Chorus

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Fifteen-Year Project Quantifies Threat to Reptiles

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Microplastics in Seawater May Harbor Parasites

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Science Snapshot: Globetrotting Sandstorms

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Climate Change and Agriculture Together Halve Insect Populations

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Science Snapshot: Not “Extinctus” After All

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Adriana Hoffmann, Botanist and Environmentalist, Dies at Age 82

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Deeper Insights into Material Properties with the In situ Lab for ZEISS Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopes

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China-US Climate Collaboration Ended Due to Security Concerns

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Earlier Nesting in Chicago-Area Birds Linked to Warming

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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The Federal Government’s Research Innovation Lifeline Has Gone Dark

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The Translational Potential of Cell and Gene Therapies

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Tackling Translational Needs in Gene Editing

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What Is the Amniotic Fluid Composed of?

The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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