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14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

Thousands of offshore wells have been left uncapped in the Gulf of Mexico, which means oil or methane could leak out and harm marine ecosystems

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

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Patterns and letters written in water

Technology

Underwater writing technique lets you draw patterns in liquids

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Hilma af Klint The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 9, Old Age, 1907 Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you’ve never seen it before

Regulars

Image of a nematode worm

Life

Nematode worms get the ‘munchies’ after having cannabis-like substance

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Why expanding access to Narcan in the US won’t solve the opioid crisis

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Solar panels and wind turbines at a new solar park near Prenzlau, Germany

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Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked

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Humans

Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal sourced in Germany

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Dusty Beginnings of a Star This artist's rendering gives us a glimpse into a cosmic nursery as a star is born from the dark, swirling dust and gas of this cloud. Stars form when dark dust from the cloud begins to clump together under the influence of its own gravity. The infalling material forms a disk as it spirals inward, which feeds material onto the forming star at its center. Jets of material that shoot from the inner disk and protostar herald its birth. Planets form out of the remnants of the disk of material that surrounds the infant star. This leads to a question that has long perplexed astronomers about the nature of brown dwarfs, objects that fall between planets and stars in terms of their temperature and mass.

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Don't Miss: A Supernova science talk by astrophysicist Thomas Haworth

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Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

Longer-lasting pregnancies lead to larger babies but also riskier births, but some genes may have let women and fetuses find a middle ground

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Life

Stunning image shows the developing nervous system in a chick embryo

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Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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Chemistry

Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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Health

Miscarriages may be more likely to occur with slow developing embryos

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