Even with the rise of fluoride in toothpaste and other products, it’s credited with a 25% decrease in cavities.
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Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
13 Oct. 2025
Advertisement In experiments that began in the 1980s and developed over the ensuing 15 years, the scientists developed frameworks using metals and organic molecules that contained cavities large enough for gases and other materials to flow through.
Screwworms—or technically New World Screwworms (NWS)—are parasitic flies that spawn hundreds of ravenous larvae in the wounds and orifices of a wide range of warm-blooded animals.
These Celestron Skymaster 20x80 binoculars let in enough light for regular skywatching, thanks to their massive 80mm apertures.
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Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Similarly, in astronomy, larger apertures, advances in photography and spectroscopy, the development of multi-wavelength astronomy beyond the visible light spectrum, and the first space telescopes all brought in new observational data that upended many pre-existing ideas.
Johnson County is currently only meeting 56% of its child care needs, with 14,295 additional slots needed to serve everyone, according to Child Care Aware of Kansas — a nonprofit that collects data and information on child care in the state.
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Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
For Jackson, those changes to the time slots meant an impact to the viewers.
Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
This invisible, climate-polluting gas can escape into the water through fissures in the sea floor, often revealing itself with a stream of bubbles weaving their way up to the ocean surface.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
Johanon's remarks centered on the fissures in society.
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Detroit Free Press staff,
Freep.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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