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Jamie Dickman

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DIY

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DIY

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Berkeley Lab researcher Yan Zeng looks over the starting point at A-Lab.
AI

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tsunami warning sign in Israel
AI

New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save lives

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Private Space Flight

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Agriculture

On 420, learn more about weed with these carefully cultivated science stories

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a dji drone in flight
AI

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Animals

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Oxford malaria vaccine application kit
Diseases

Ghana is the first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

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Animals

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Luna moth resting on a tree.
Animals

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Chinese and English nametags hung up in an elementary school classroom
Health

Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently

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Tulare Lake flooding stalls a train after severe rainstorms from the atmospheric river in California Central Valley in March 2023
Agriculture

This phantom lake in California is back with a vengeance

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