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A paper published in PNAS in May describes work by External Professor Juan Pérez-Mercader and colleagues to create ...

For years, scientists staring at Mars through the eyes of orbiting spacecraft noticed something strange: a mysterious signal ...

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New findings of elevated levels of microplastics in the highest source of the Hudson River strongly suggest that foot traffic from hikers and the clothing and gear they carry are responsible—rather ...