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Chickadees with better spatial memory live longer

A research study published in Science shows better spatial memory is linked to longer lifespan in food-caching chickadees

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Tracking plasma progression in a picosecond

Physicists develop a new method to study high-density plasmas using X-ray Free Electron Lasers

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Researchers use observations to remove bias in climate models in Southern Hemisphere

An unexpected cooling trend, followed by warming, threw models off

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