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Scientists claim to have turned hydrogen into a metal
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Heartbeat can affect racial perception of threat
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Cleaner water helps male fish again look and act like guys
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Magnets may one day cull deadly germs from blood
Tiny particles of antibody-covered iron would grab bacteria, then get mopped up by magnet
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Scientists Say: Torpor
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Heartbeat can affect racial perception of threat
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Deep-sea mining could imperil rare, ghostlike octopus
Newly discovered octopus lays its eggs where miners are looking for valuable metals
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When your stuff spies on you
The Internet of Things brings surprising risks and security threats
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Stuttering: Blood flow in the brain may play a role
It is diminished in the language region known as Broca’s area
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What killed the dinosaurs?
New rocky evidence has been emerging about the dinos’ final days
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Drilling into a dinosaur killer
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Explainer: How PCR works
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Climate change could stall Atlantic ocean current
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