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From carbon dioxide to starch—no plants required.

In Science, researchers developed a cell-free method of synthesizing starch from CO2 and hydrogen using a combination of chemical catalysts and a carefully selected set of enzymes.

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Cell-free chemoenzymatic starch synthesis from carbon dioxide
A designed chemoenzymatic cascade reaction enables cell-free synthesis of starch from carbon dioxide.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Four thousand years ago, the Early Bronze Age farmers of southern Germany had no Homer to chronicle their lives—but a detailed picture of their social structure emerged in 2019 from a remarkable study. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4qH5SP4
Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries?
DNA and artifacts reveal marriage and inheritance patterns among Bronze Age farmers
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November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Are implantable, living pharmacies within reach?

A 2024 #SciencePerspective looked at the potential of biohybrid-based medicine, where cell-based drug factories could produce therapies on demand inside patients. https://scim.ag/4quAxza #ScienceMagArchives
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A 2024 #ScienceReview highlights the growing recognition of the complex cognitive capacities of #rats and its implications for how they are treated in scientific contexts. https://scim.ag/49byOse #ScienceMagArchives
The complex affective and cognitive capacities of rats
For several decades, although studies of rat physiology and behavior have abounded, research on rat emotions has been limited in scope to fear, anxiety, and pain. Converging evidence for the capacity ...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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γδ T cells are a unique population of immune cells that can recognize and kill tumors.

A 2024 #ScienceReview explores current research efforts focused on how γδ cells naturally discriminate cancers from healthy tissues. https://scim.ag/3L4i3oU #ScienceMagArchives
Cancer immunotherapy by γδ T cells
The premise of cancer immunotherapy is that cancers are specifically visible to an immune system tolerized to healthy self. The promise of cancer immunotherapy is that immune effector mechanisms and i...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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In a 2024 Science study, researchers report that cancer cells can be reprogrammed in vivo into dendritic cells that can activate T cells and promote antitumor immunity.

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Reprogramming tumor cells to fight cancer
Cancer cells reprogrammed into dendritic cells in vivo promote antitumor immunity
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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Four thousand years ago, the Early Bronze Age farmers of southern Germany had no Homer to chronicle their lives—but a detailed picture of their social structure emerged in 2019 from a remarkable study. #ScienceMagArchives

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Why are adult daughters missing from ancient German cemeteries?
DNA and artifacts reveal marriage and inheritance patterns among Bronze Age farmers
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October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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“This is the story of the donkeys … and the detail is amazing.” #ScienceMagArchives

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From a single domestication, donkeys helped build empires around the world
Ancient genomes point to a single origin in Africa, followed by rapid spread and specialization
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September 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Last year, a special issue of Science explored the complex and close associations #rats share with humans—from their ubiquity in the human environment to their crucial role as biomedical models.

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This photograph shows a female standard fancy rat—a domesticated variant for the pet trade.
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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A 2021 analysis of ancient remains from Herculaneum confirmed historians’ estimates that average Romans consumed more than 5 gallons of olive oil each year. #ScienceMagArchives

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Ancient Roman vacationers consumed gobs of olive oil and fish, volcano victims reveal
Remains from Herculaneum hold dietary surprises
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September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Babies don’t babble to sound cute—they’re taking their first steps on the path to learning language.

A 2022 study shows parrot chicks do the same. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/44jXFHM
Wild parrot chicks babble like human infants
Find could strengthen the idea that parrots are the best model for human vocal learning
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September 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The Caribbean box jellyfish, which doesn’t have a brain, can alter its behavior based on past experiences. #ScienceMagArchives

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No brain, no problem. Jellyfish learn just fine
Despite lacking a centralized brain, the translucent creatures can learn from past experiences to avoid bumping into obstacles
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September 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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X-ray video from a 2024 study reveals an eel’s daring escape from a predator’s stomach.

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September 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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A 2024 study marks the first time scientists have observed this kind of “manipulative” behavior in spiders. #ScienceMagArchives

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Spiders force male fireflies to flash like females—luring more males to their death
Study marks the first time scientists have observed this kind of “manipulative” behavior in spiders
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September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, the population of human ancestors crashed, a 2023 Science study finds.

The results suggest there were only ~1280 breeding individuals during the transition between the early and middle Pleistocene. scim.ag/3HVFz6s #ScienceMagArchives
Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition
A severe bottleneck that brought human ancestors close to extinction occurred between about 930 and 813 thousand years ago.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A rapidly growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic #microplastics have become.

A 2024 #ScienceReview provides an overview of this research and the progress made in understanding these pollutants. https://scim.ag/4nePO4G #ScienceMagArchives
Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?
Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources,...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, the population of human ancestors crashed, a 2023 Science study finds.

The results suggest there were only ~1280 breeding individuals during the transition between the early and middle Pleistocene. https://scim.ag/3K4hcnC #ScienceMagArchives
Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition
A severe bottleneck that brought human ancestors close to extinction occurred between about 930 and 813 thousand years ago.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Meet RoBeetle, the insect-size microbot that can climb, crawl, and carry heavy objects—and is powered by alcohol.

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September 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Dogs and humans have been together for a long time.

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These may be the world's first images of dogs—and they're wearing leashes
Saudi find may reveal how humans harnessed early dogs to survive
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August 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Far beyond the magnet on your refrigerator door, out past the magnetic fields of Earth, the Sun, and the Milky Way, are invisible field lines that permeate the barren voids between galaxies. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4n6fUXD
Grown from scratch, simulated magnetic fields could explain cosmic mystery
Computer model shows how magnetic seeds can grow, even in the emptiest regions of space
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August 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Some frogs are thumbnail-size. But Cameroon’s Goliath frog is bigger than a whole human foot, weighing up to 3.3 kilograms. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/3VkucrG
The world's biggest frogs build their own ponds
Goliath frogs excavate meter-long pools and guard their tadpoles through the night
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August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Insecticides made of RNA could offer a safer and more targeted weapon against crop pests.

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Most pesticides for dealing with Colorado potatobeetle infestations can kill harmless species. A newpesticide, called Calantha, is much more specific because ittargets a gene found in the pest and its close relatives. Appliedas a spray, the pesticide is eaten by beetle larvae and kills them byactivating a process called RNA interference.
August 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers, according to research from last year. https://scim.ag/3JHinJs #ScienceMagArchives
Larger teams worsen academic career prospects
As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers
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August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Cells are particularly good at solving mazes, according to a 2020 Science study that demonstrates how they are able to navigate long and complicated routes through the body using self-generated chemoattractant gradients.

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August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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With x-ray microtomography, researchers created a full 3D model of a half-billion-year-old trilobite.

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August 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM