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- Earth
Modern-day sea level rise skyrocketing
A spike that began during the 19th century appears to be linked to rising temperatures and increasing greenhouse gases.
- Health & Medicine
Brain has two slots for working memory
The left and right hemispheres have equal and independent capacity, monkey study finds.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
A first look at the roots of sight, plus fading blues, steady birds and more in this week’s news.
- Earth
Earth & Environment
Earth’s bulging waistline, plus ancient mangrove swamps and new threats from wildfires in this week’s news.
- Physics
Science of friction is a bit rough
In lab experiments, physicists trying to understand earthquakes are bumping up against the limitations of existing theory.
- Life
Genes & Cells
A look at how ovarian cancer spreads, plus clues to aging and immune links to cancer in this week’s news.
- Planetary Science
Messages from Mercury
The latest data from a NASA spacecraft give compositional clues and reveal craters that could hold frozen water
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From the Archive: Carp eat other fish out
History repeats with another round of carp invasion.
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Evolution’s Wedges
Finding the genes that drive one species into two.
- Earth
Death of a Continent, Birth of an Ocean
Africa’s Afar region gives glimpses of geology in action.
- Health & Medicine
Mind-Controlled
Linking brain and computer may soon lead to practical prosthetics for daily life.
