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How much of our existence do we owe to sugar?
It may be time to rethink our relationship with the sweet stuff
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Mathematicians make a breakthrough on Gauss's riddle, unsolved for 200 years
A solution to part of the Cohen-Lenstra conjecture helps resolve a long-standing mystery about quadratic forms
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Could psilocybin be the key to treating anorexia?
An active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin has shown early promise for treating eating disorders
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Newly discovered carnivorous plant is as deceptive as it is deadly
Charles Darwin predicted in 1875 that some members of the Saxifraga genus could be carnivorous-now scientists have finally proven him right
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Ancient, never-before-seen 'earthworks' discovered in the Amazon
Many of these structures date to around C.E. 100-300, during the time of the Aquiry civilization, and may have been used for ceremonial purposes
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The U.S. military needs tungsten, but pristine NASA site may stand in the way
A unique landform is vital for calibrating NASA's satellites, but it's likely sitting atop a vast deposit of this heavy metal, which is crucial for making munitions
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It's 90 Degrees in the Arctic
The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is
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Hiroshima atomic bombing created a new material. Scientists just discovered it
The extreme conditions of atomic bomb explosions create
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A 99-year-old mathematician unraveled a century-old braid mystery
Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals brand new insights into the geometry of braids
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