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Jun 22, 2021 • 8min
A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic Field
Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos.
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Jun 21, 2021 • 9min
Tour Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes
The clothing supply chain releases some 265 million pounds of microfibers that wash into the environment each year.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 6min
The Drought Is Making the Klamath River’s Baby Salmon Sick
Dry conditions are worsening a warm-water disease that’s sweeping through juvenile fish. Their deaths will create a future crisis for both fish and human populations.
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Jun 17, 2021 • 8min
You Need to Weigh Some Water. All You’ve Got Is a Paper Clip
OK, so you might need a couple other supplies, but your best option is to do what MacGyver would do: Turn it into a scale.
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Jun 16, 2021 • 7min
The Sneaky, Lying Flower That Pretends to Be a Rotting Beetle
Aristolochia microstoma finds love by smelling like death. Coffin flies can’t resist.
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Jun 15, 2021 • 9min
Peanut the Waiter Robot Is Proof That Your Job Is Safe
Restaurants are struggling to hire people, so one Jersey Shore grill employed a machine. It confirms that humans remain indispensable.
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Jun 14, 2021 • 12min
How Many People Die When Polluters Exceed Their Limits?
A new report tallies the death toll from excess emissions by looking at air pollution and spikes in local ozone levels.
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Jun 11, 2021 • 9min
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago.
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Jun 10, 2021 • 9min
Nature Can Save Humanity From Climate Doom—but Not On Its Own
By restoring ecosystems, conservationists can help the land sequester carbon. But it's still no substitute for drastically cutting emissions.
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Jun 9, 2021 • 9min
This Evolutionary Gift May Protect Coral From Climate Change
Coral in the Red Sea is unusually heat tolerant. The secret to its success may lie in the lucky confluence of geography and genetics.
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