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A 2000 paper on the safety of glyphosate, the chemical in the weed killer Roundup, has been retracted.
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Canadian Museum of Nature
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Brief glitches in video calls may seem like no big deal, but new research shows they can have a negative effect on how a person is perceived by the viewer. -
A group in Western Washington state has developed a novel gauge for their forest conservation work — thousands of audio recordings of native birds.
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A new study finds the notoriously adorable trash bandits in urban areas are showing early signs of domestication. -
Dust swirling around on Mars can generate electrical activity that's like bursts of mini-lightning.
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India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last? -
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.
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New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that makes the difference. -
NASA has made sure that the International Space Station is well stocked for a Thanksgiving meal full of treats. Here's what's on the menu. -
A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen. -
A new study finds that about half of the physical variation seen in modern dogs existed during the Stone Age.
