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These seven photos represent the very best of bird photography, celebrating the beauty and daily hustle of life in the air.

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Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The ...

The United Nations wants to know what country works best with the natural world. That’s tough to measure.

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