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Materials with memory: the future’s changing shape – shape-memory compounds
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Mouse method turns skin cells to stem cells
Scientists have reprogrammed mouse skin cells to mimic embryonic stem cells that can morph in…
Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature
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Large Magellanic explosion: supernova 1987A is nature’s most spectacular blast
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In search of electrical surges: sudden electrical disturbances can severely damage electronic equipment in the home and in the workplace
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