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Science, Quickly Scientific American
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Tune in every week for quick, fascinating new developments and dives in the world of science.
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A Long-Awaited Climate Experiment Is Poised to Launch in the Amazon. What Will It Find?
Ahead of a project to spray carbon dioxide into jungle plots, researchers contemplate what its results might signal about the forest’s future.
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A Singular Climate Experiment Takes Shape in the Amazon
After years of delay, researchers are ready to inject carbon dioxide into jungle plots.
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Will the Amazon Help Save the Planet?
Years in the making, a project in the Amazon rain forest is finally set to determine whether a rise in carbon dioxide could save one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.
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How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?
Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
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How a New AI Model Helps Volcanic History Rise from the Ashes
Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska.
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Do Sperm Whales Have Culture?
These marine mammals are very hard to observe, but in the past two decades the roughly 20 or so people in the world who study sperm whales have found some compelling evidence of culture among them.
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