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The gigantic forests you won’t find on land
Like any other plant, kelps require light to grow. Yet kelps found nearly 90 meters below the ocean's surface, where sometimes only 0.1% of sunlight can reach, grow as large as, and often even larger than, their shallow counterparts. So how have these large, light-dependent organisms adapted to..
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Psychedelics, mind control, radiation-eating: The secret superpowers of fungi
The diverse fungal kingdom, which includes everything from baker’s yeast to edible mushrooms to foot infections, has long defied assumptions. Scientists estimate that somewhere between 2 and 12 million species of fungi remain undiscovered— either because they’re microscopic, live hidden within..
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The case for making art in a crisis
We have more data than any generation in history, yet reality has never felt harder to grasp. Artist Yiyun Kang is on a mission to translate the invisible crises of our time — from vanishing fresh water and collapsing ecosystems to the black box of AI — into physical experiences that people can ..
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Can Ozempic end addiction?
What if GLP-1s like Ozempic could do more than just tip the scales? Physician Dhruv Khullar traces the winding path of the
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Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence
Deep in the jungles of southeast Asia lurks a deadly creature with sharp teeth and a venomous bite. But it’s not a snake. It’s a slow loris, the only venomous primate, and one of only a few venomous mammals. Despite their wide-eyed looks, their story is much fiercer than many might imagine. Step..
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The human cell is wildly complex. Can AI decode it?
Silvana Konermann and the team at Arc Institute are trying to crack one of science's most difficult problems: why complex diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer remain so stubbornly unsolvable, even as research advances. Her solution is a universal “virtual cell” — an AI model trained ..
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