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L-theanine: Can a compound in matcha and other teas lower anxiety and help you focus?

Black tea and green teas including matcha contain varying levels of L-theanineINNA…

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Extreme Heat in U.S. Schools Disproportionately Affects Marginalized Students

September 4, 20255 min readKids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the…

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Here’s how fruit flies’ giant sperm squeeze into tight spaces

Researchers found that fruit fly sperm push against one another and align…

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Sun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environment

Lithium-rich brine in an evaporation pond in the Atacama desert, ChileJohn Moore/Getty…

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Baby Pterosaur Fossils Show They Died in a Violent Storm

September 5, 20253 min readStorm-Tossed Baby Pterosaurs Died with Broken Wings, Fossil…

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A sixth mass extinction? Not so fast, some scientists say

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­—…

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A modified hot glue gun can mend broken bones

Broken bones often need a material to fill the voidSopone Nawoot/Alamy With…

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Scientists Sequence Bacterial DNA from Germs in Mammoth Teeth

September 6, 20253 min readA Mammoth Toothache: Bacterial Community Discovered in Mouth…

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Tiny thumbnails may be key for rodents’ global takeover

Rodents may have a rule of thumbnails. Many rodents have curved claws…

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