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Plans to safely store nuclear materials haves stalled, creating an ongoing environmental hazard.

blogs.discovermagazine.com
For 75 years, scientists have been trying to devise a way to make a vast supply of radioactive and chemically dangerous waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation safe.

Humans brains may not be the biggest, but they far outperform the rest. How did we evolve such high-functioning organs?

blogs.discovermagazine.com
By counting the number of neurons in brains, one scientist revolutionized our view of why Homo sapiens and nonhuman primates are so much smarter than other animals.
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