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Artificial lights are disrupting firefly mating, putting them on the road to extinction

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Light pollution impacts mating success and courtship behavior in fireflies, says recent study

Anthony Warmack, Oregon State University

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Climate change in the Arctic has ripple effects for all life on Earth

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Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

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Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain

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David Baranger, University of Pittsburgh

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Bats' unique immune systems make them stealthy viral reservoirs

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Marnie Willman, University of Manitoba Bannatyne

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40% of food in America ends up in the trash. Is nanopackaging the answer?

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Emerson Grey, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Sorry, your houseplants aren't actually purifying your apartment's air

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Luyi Cheng, Northwestern University

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Inside Cameron Semper’s efforts to reimagine cultured seafood

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Meet the young scientist trying to get the beef out of cell-based fish

Maryam Zaringhalam, Molecular Biology

Robotic skins might enable the next generation of space exploration

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Light and adaptable robotic skins can turn inanimate objects into multifunctional robots

Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

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Fights are good for science. Just ask Elizabeth Nolan or Louis Pasteur

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Lauren Gandy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Elizabeth Rona, the wandering polonium woman, changed radiation science forever

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She survived world wars, anti-Semitism, and decades of exposure to early radiochemistry

Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter

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Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

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Connecting brains to machines may let bacteria come along for the ride

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Amy R Nippert, University of Minnesota

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