How child mortality fell from 40% to 3.7% in 200 years 
This portable wind turbine folds up and fits in your backpack
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Crows are self-aware just like us, says new study
Google’s free tool will breathe new life into your old laptop
GM has a plan to solve the biggest obstacle to EVs
Feeding insects to cattle could make meat and milk production more sustainable
3D-printed reefs installed around Denmark’s offshore wind farm
Y chromosome loss can lead to an increased risk of heart failure and disease
Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current is coming 
NASA was “completely wrong” about the asteroid Bennu
Large study of 20,000 cats and dogs could help pets live longer 
3 ways autonomous farming is driving a new era of agriculture 
The sci-fi plan to create artificial gravity on the moon, Mars 
Archaeologists identify contents of ancient Mayan drug containers 
Potential cause of unexplained epilepsy cases uncovered
“Soft CRISPR” is safer and could help cure more diseases
Startup lets doctors classify skin conditions with the snap of a picture
Meet the startup that’s closing the digital divide with $200 tablets
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The first FDA-approved clinical trial of psilocin has begun 
Electric “seagliders” may soon skim the Hawaiian shoreline
Nasal COVID-19 vaccines prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and throat
Alternative batteries are solving the biggest problem in renewable energy
FDA authorizes new COVID-19 vaccine — and it’s not like the others
People who read live longer than those who don’t, Yale researchers say
CRISPR cure for high cholesterol enters first human trial
7 spectacular lessons from James Webb’s first deep-field image
After death, you’re aware that you’ve died, say scientists
Walmart to rollout a fleet of electric delivery vehicles
Black hole mergers obey the laws of thermodynamics
NYU performs two more pig-to-human heart transplants
A historian identifies the worst year in human history
An old HIV drug may treat Down syndrome 
Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet
James Webb’s first science images: before-and-after 
New discoveries are rewriting the rulebook for regenerating limbs 
“Read 2,000 books”: Werner Herzog’s advice on reading
James Webb’s record-breaking first science image: explained 
How Daybreaker turned “sober morning raves” into a worldwide movement
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Why Einstein is a “peerless genius” and Hawking is an “ordinary genius”
Nanoparticles may automatically clean your teeth one day
Artificial photosynthesis lets us grow plants in total darkness 
This little robot is cleaning up beaches, one cigarette butt at a time 
This luxury solar electric car could go 7 months without recharging
FDA may soon allow pig organ transplant trials
Digital nomad: why work from home if you can work from anywhere in the world?
AR’s first great use: never get lost again 
10-second balance test is a powerful predictor of death for older adults
NASA teases Webb telescope’s first images with list of targets (Updated)
Psychedelic research returns to Veterans Affairs 
Universal flu vaccine enters phase 1 trials
A new delivery method for drugs that can’t withstand stomach acid
Two FDA-approved drugs may improve Alzheimer’s symptoms
Yale study of DMT for depression is encouraging 
UK tries cancer meds by drone
The cosmos can kill us in many ways. But the James Webb Space Telescope can help save us 
How three kids got kidney transplants without immunosuppressants
Engineers build LEGO-like artificial intelligence chip 
Scientists see “rarest event ever recorded” in search for dark matter
How one deaf entrepreneur turned rejection into a profit
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Chinese astronomers unveil a plan to find Earth 2.0 — and aliens 
You can “see the future” with these smart contact lenses 
A world map of start-up ambitions
He lost his baby daughter. Then he turned his grief into a tool for NICU parents.
“Muscle shirt” increases arm endurance by more than 200% 
Engineers create world’s first carbon-neutral cement out of algae 
This is the damage a tiny speck of space debris can do at 15,000mph
Australian scientists put the quantum world on a microchip
How cancer science is creating a sunscreen that lasts all day
Do optimists really live longer? Here’s what the research says
“Passive cooling” could reduce indoor temps by up to 25 F in a heat wave
This artificial island will power 3 million European households
This implant cools off nerves to give targeted pain relief 
$26K solar car now has a factory
Winners announced: $50K Beautiful Minds competition on innovating higher ed
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Discovery reveals how scary memories stick
What happens if the Solar System’s largest comet collides with Earth? 
17 pictures that show how mind-bogglingly large the Universe is
This startup wants you to have a personal stem cell stash
When will the Earth come to an end?
Wearable tech: eating and playing our way to a longer lifespan 
Spray-on “peel” for produce helps reduce plastic pollution
MIT proposes Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth
New nuclear fusion reactor design may be a breakthrough
A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry
The $10.6 million 3D-printing startup that almost lost it all
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A “Peter Pan” chemical could stop mosquitoes, without hurting other insects
Gene editing gone wrong: Scientists accidentally create angry hamsters
How artificial intelligence is boosting crop yield to feed the world 
A dog cancer vaccine may save them and, one day, us
Magnetic robot can save lives after a brain hemorrhage
Former landfills are becoming “brightfields” 
Ukrainian startup expects to fly “self-devouring” rocket in 2022 
How to be a techno-optimist
Dive into the world’s first underwater garden 
CRISPR cure for sickle cell nearly 100% effective after three years
These bendy wind turbines won’t crack in hurricanes
Google has not created sentient AI — yet 
Cloud labs are the “ghost kitchens” of science
This molecule may be the “secret sauce” of exercise — but it won’t work as a pill