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Discovering the Urinary Microbiome
For more than a century, doctors thought urine was sterile. Now, microbiology breakthroughs are revolutionizing diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections.
Biology
Medicine
Microbiology
The Myxomycetes: Nature’s Quick-Change Artists
Slime molds thrive in a range of environments, displaying an unexpected beauty in a variety of forms and life cycle stages.
Biology
Environment
Ecology
Forestry
Natural History
Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism
Neuroscientific evidence increasingly shows that consciousness is a remarkable but explainable function of a machinelike brain.
Anthropology
Biology
Evolution
Psychology
Animal Behavior
Natural History
Rationalism
The Enduring Forest Gardens of the Ancient Maya
Maya agroforestry practices have persisted sustainably since the time of prehistoric civilizations.
Agriculture
Anthropology
Archaeology
Ecology
Creatures Both Serene and Deeply Strange
The nature-based sculptures of Ellen Jewett blend the familiar with the fantastical.
Anthropology
Art
Biology
Communications
Aesthetics
Anatomy
Botany
Nature Conservation
Zoology
Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?
What began as a joke has led to new avenues of research in fluid mechanics and marine science.
Biology
Technology
Oceanography
Zoology
The Science of Hi-Fi Audio
Despite great advances in quantifying sound quality, engineers are still struggling to satisfy the subjective ways listeners respond to music.
Environment
Gliflozins for Diabetes: From Bark to ...
Philip A. Rea
Biology
Medicine
Anatomy
Botany
Cytology
Physiology
The Manipu-lative Side of Chatbots and AI
Federico Fede
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Viviana Masia
Communications
Technology
The Ecoacoustics of Forests
Becky E. Heath
Biology
Engineering
Technology
Ecology
Forestry
Herders from the Green Sahara
Viktor Černý
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Cesar A. Fortes-Lima
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Carina M. Schlebusch
Anthropology
Anatomy
Anthropogeography
Archaeology
Climatology
Genetics
Human Ecology
Retraction Reactions
Adam Marcus
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Ivan Oransky
Communications
Ethics
Welcome to Jurassic Skye
Jameson Blount
Biology
Evolution
Technology
Archaeology
Natural History
Unrepresentative Meteorites
Patrick M. Shober
Astronomy
Deepwater Hydrothermal Vents
Environment
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Oceanography
Systematizing Scents
Nicholas Gerbis
Anthropology
Chemistry
Evolution
Psychology
Cybernetics
Genetics
Bias Optimizers
Damien Patrick Williams
Computer
Ethics
Technology
Biology Is Not Binary
Kate Clancy
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Agustin Fuentes
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Caroline M VanSickle
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Catherine Clune-Taylor
Anthropology
Biology
Anatomy
Putting Eggs in Many Baskets
John Eadie
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Bruce Edward Lyon
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Eli Samuel Bridge
Biology
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Ukrainian Scientists and Educators in Wartime
Olha Harmatiy
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The Many Faces of Fool's Gold
David Rickard
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