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Even the beeswax used in seals is rich with data about the past, including the flowers that grew in that region year to year

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To understand how bar-headed geese cross the Himalayas, the astronaut Jessica Meir had to raise some herself.

A new technique can preserve the organ outside the human body for at least 27 hours.