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For hot desert locations with access to seawater, a new greenhouse des

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Sajjad1994

06 Jul 2022, 07:30

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08 Sep 2025, 07:06

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A black hole is a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anyt

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casperatwork

18 Sep 2019, 03:22

37

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07 Sep 2025, 09:12

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One current hypothesis for explaining the origin of elements suggests

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gmatt1476

15 Jul 2020, 02:36

26

13

11,425

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07 Sep 2025, 08:17

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Use of ecological theory for management of nature needs to follow diff

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Sajjad1994

29 Aug 2025, 07:26

9

10

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07 Sep 2025, 05:02

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As part of an international effort to address environmental problems

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patto

16 Mar 2026, 08:17

49

4

18,425

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05 Sep 2025, 20:33

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The trophic contamination hypothesis posits that shorebirds accumula

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chesstitans

21 Mar 2026, 14:27

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10

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05 Sep 2025, 15:55

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Objects in the inner solar system - the planets and asteroid belt

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souvonik2k

25 Apr 2020, 23:27

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7

7,821

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05 Sep 2025, 00:45

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In most earthquakes the Earths crust cracks like porcelain.

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JarvisR

20 Feb 2026, 07:59

176

30

97,887

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04 Sep 2025, 08:18

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Forests are the planet's biggest terrestrial carbon sinks, absorbing a

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DerekLin

19 Feb 2024, 03:08

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01 Sep 2025, 22:13

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Just as paleontologists claim that ecologists' findings about the

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guddo

07 Sep 2023, 06:40

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01 Sep 2025, 18:41

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Resin is a plant secretion that hardens when exposed to air; fossilize

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BillyZ

01 Mar 2026, 11:28

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31 Aug 2025, 04:33

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Recent advances in non-invasive human neuroimaging have provided

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souvik101990

17 Aug 2019, 23:31

15

10

8,913

by: SuprotimRoy

30 Aug 2025, 06:40

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In considering the origin of species, it is quite conceivable that

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TheMechanic

18 Jul 2024, 13:38

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15

15,269

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29 Aug 2025, 11:15

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Manufacturing technicians and engineers favor product teardowns, the

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guddo

19 Sep 2023, 10:15

18

3

8,281

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29 Aug 2025, 00:24

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Mercury is only present in small amounts in marine ecosystems, yet it

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AD2GMAT

09 Sep 2019, 01:34

9

4

5,217

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28 Aug 2025, 14:36

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After evidence was obtained in the 1920s that the universe is

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nitya34

23 Feb 2026, 09:06

353

36

83,768

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28 Aug 2025, 12:25

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To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior

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Sajjad1994

14 Feb 2023, 21:00

8

8,420

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27 Aug 2025, 09:08

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Ozone has potential negative impacts on human health and vegetation,

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Carcass

13 Feb 2022, 09:00

4

5

3,960

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27 Aug 2025, 07:19

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A cause of fatal mining accidents was once the peculiar configuration

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LordStark

16 Nov 2021, 10:07

35

16

13,683

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27 Aug 2025, 07:15

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That placebos can cure everything from dandruff to leprosy is well

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Sajjad1994

15 Mar 2026, 22:10

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4

23,154

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26 Aug 2025, 23:41

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Three hypotheses have been proposed to account for the fact that

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RahulKumarSinha

08 Oct 2024, 09:11

14

6

5,193

by: pareshbitm

25 Aug 2025, 10:55

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The effects of climate change are coming into sharper focus: because o

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Swagatalaxmi

09 Mar 2026, 10:39

100

19

18,205

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24 Aug 2025, 23:48

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The preservation of animal and plant life, and of the general beauty o

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Nevernevergiveup

24 Mar 2022, 09:42

18

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13,716

by: Raghunandan19

24 Aug 2025, 04:47

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The study of gene editing technologies, particularly CRISPR-Cas9, has

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Bunuel

17 Feb 2025, 01:30

8

4

2,589

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22 Aug 2025, 21:24

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For better or for worse, race places a very large part in people‘s per

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LordStark

17 Nov 2021, 10:06

16

5

9,016

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21 Aug 2025, 21:48

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As of the late 1980’s, neither theorists nor large-scale computer clim

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homersimpsons

14 Mar 2021, 01:39

22

2

12,335

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21 Aug 2025, 21:28

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Perhaps they are the human equivalent of an endangered species. They

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Sajjad1994

08 Feb 2022, 06:30

12

9

4,752

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19 Aug 2025, 09:31

The variety of fish reproduction techniques provides an example of the

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sandysilva

15 Nov 2021, 10:04

34

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12,991

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18 Aug 2025, 23:17

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Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), an aggressive and invasive per

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Sajjad1994

02 Aug 2022, 21:00

15

8

9,232

by: aliquam

17 Aug 2025, 22:13

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Experts anticipate that global atmospheric concentrations of carbon

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Sajjad1994

24 May 2021, 21:00

27

14

10,245

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16 Aug 2025, 15:48

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Many aspects of coral reefs remain puzzling to scientists. One mystery

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Carcass

23 Jul 2025, 10:02

16

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2,481

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15 Aug 2025, 11:21

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Although much has been written about the theological conflicts with

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09173140521

05 Apr 2026, 13:06

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11,605

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12 Aug 2025, 10:18

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There are other environmental problems connected with offshore oil bes

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Sajjad1994

16 Jun 2022, 07:30

5

9

4,720

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12 Aug 2025, 05:19

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Down Syndrome is the most common serious birth defect afflicting child

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shridhar786

08 Nov 2019, 10:05

24

7

6,374

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10 Aug 2025, 22:23

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Muscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experie

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Sajjad1994

27 Feb 2023, 07:00

15

12

6,873

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09 Aug 2025, 08:00

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For biologists, the term “eye” describes any light sensitive organ

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tagmag

23 Sep 2019, 04:48

12

8

6,671

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08 Aug 2025, 08:32

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How does the brain know when carbohydrates have been or should be

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nitya34

18 Mar 2026, 12:46

27

15

16,707

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06 Aug 2025, 07:17

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The idea of the brain as an information processora machine manipulati

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Vercules

30 May 2025, 08:20

367

20

95,805

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05 Aug 2025, 02:10

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The rate at which pollen settles is dictated principally by the size a

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VyshakhR1995

14 Nov 2021, 12:43

56

14

20,635

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05 Aug 2025, 01:01

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The arctic curlew, a once common wading species in the tundra, has

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chesstitans

06 Oct 2019, 23:08

18

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9,490

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01 Aug 2025, 13:25

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One advantage of breeding African bees with other bee types

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pathy

08 Jun 2020, 08:40

19

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7,327

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31 Jul 2025, 08:38

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With the number of dementia patients now at some 26 million and expect

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Sajjad1994

30 Oct 2020, 05:42

10

9

5,172

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31 Jul 2025, 03:36

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Researchers studying how genes control animal behavior have

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eybrj2

01 Mar 2026, 06:01

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30 Jul 2025, 07:02

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Although many lines of evidence indicate that birds evolved from groun

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Lucky2783

16 Jul 2025, 22:47

125

29

37,780

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29 Jul 2025, 19:18

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The morning star isnt a star; its always a planet. And sometimes

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Sajjad1994

19 May 2022, 07:30

2

3,618

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27 Jul 2025, 21:25

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While many different influences determine local air movements, the lar

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Sajjad1994

04 Jul 2023, 20:00

5

10

3,516

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26 Jul 2025, 12:50

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Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, such as tremors, are thought to be

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RaviChandra

18 Dec 2021, 02:03

60

14

26,201

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25 Jul 2025, 21:12

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One of the foundations of scientific research is that an experimental

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jkolachi

25 Mar 2026, 06:08

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8

16,928

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25 Jul 2025, 20:59

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New observations about the age of some globular clusters in our Milky

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PrashantPonde

06 Mar 2026, 15:26

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57,953

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24 Jul 2025, 22:16

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A major tenet of the neurosciences has been that all neurons

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vladmoney

21 Mar 2026, 14:37

30

8

21,078

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24 Jul 2025, 14:22