Science Square

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Environment Jan 1, 2026

Science Square (Issue 169)

The Forgotten History of Sleeping in Two Shifts Zaria Gorvett. The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’. BBC,…

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Science Square Nov 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 168)

A More Human Way to Train AI Xiang, A., Andrews, J.T.A., Bourke, R.L. et al. Fair human-centric image dataset for…

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Science Square Sep 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 167)

How Digital Scans Are Helping Kids Get Faster Dental Care Schulz-Weidner, N., Schraml, E.M., Frodermann, T. et al.…

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Science Square Jul 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 166)

Laser Light in Biomaterials? Rachel Berkowitz. “Peacock feathers can be lasers,” Science, July 2025. With their impressive long…

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Science Square May 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 165)

A First in Medicine: Personalized Gene Editing Saves Infant with Rare Genetic Disorder Musunuru et al. Patient-Specific In…

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Science Square Mar 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 164)

Obesity: a disease of the brain? Kullmann et al. A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain…

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Science Square Jan 1, 2025

Science Square (Issue 163)

Just 5 Minutes of Vigorous Exercise Per Day Could Lower Blood Pressure Blodgett et al. Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement…

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Science Square Sep 1, 2024

Science Square (Issue 161)

Predicting major earthquakes months ago Girona et al. Abnormal low-magnitude seismicity preceding large-magnitude earthquakes. Nature Communications, August 2024.…

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Science Square Jul 1, 2024

Science Square (Issue 160)

A new bionic leg enables below-the-leg amputees to achieve a natural walking gait. Song H. et al. Continuous…

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Science Square May 1, 2024

Science Square (Issue 159)

Evening May Be the Best Time of Day to Exercise New research suggests that exercising in the evening…

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Science Square Mar 1, 2024

Science Square (Issue 158)

A mysterious object discovered in the Milky Way Barr DE et al. A pulsar in a binary with…

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Science Square Jan 1, 2024

Science Square (Issue 157)

Plant-based diet promotes rapid heart benefits Landry MJ et al. Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs Vegan Diets in…

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Science Square Nov 1, 2023

Science Square (Issue 156)

8000 steps a day keep the doctor away Stens NA et al. Relationship of Daily Step Counts to…

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Science Square Sep 1, 2023

Science Square (Issue 155)

Human activity is taking Earth to the brink Richardson K. et al. Earth beyond six of nine planetary…

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Science Square Jul 1, 2023

Science Square (Issue 154)

Air pollution may underlie the global decline in insect numbers Wang et al. Short-term particulate matter contamination severely…

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