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Amazon forest disturbance is changing how plants are dispersed

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Discovery at 'flower burial' site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites

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Climate change could shrink vital tropical rainfall belt

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Researchers report on helical soft-X-ray beams

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Creating custom light using 2-D materials

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Do the climate effects of air pollution impact the global economy?

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In acoustic waves, engineers break reciprocity with 'spacetime-varying metamaterials'

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CT scanning an ancient armored reptile

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2020 to be pivotal year in airforce maintenance, logistics training transformation

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